João Rui Guerra da Mata
Directing · Director · Production Design · Screenplay
Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique
Active 1996–present
João Rui Guerra da Mata was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. He teached Art Direction at the Lisbon Film School from 2004 to 2011.
Filmography
13 Alfinetes (2025) — Director · ScreenplayO Fantasma (2000) — Police 2 · Production Design · Costume Design · Makeup ArtistThe Ornithologist (2016) — Screenplay · Art DirectionTwo Drifters (2005) — Costume Design · Set DecorationWill-o'-the-Wisp (2022) — Production Design · WriterThe Last Time I Saw Macao (2013) — Screenplay · Director · Editor · Director of PhotographyTo Die Like a Man (2009) — Art DirectionChina, China (2007) — Writer · Director · Art DirectionSide Effects (2011) — Art DirectionMorning of Saint Anthony's Day (2012) — Art DirectionHaircut (1996) — Costume DesignWhere Is This Street? or With No Before or After (2023) — DirectorThe Girl in the Mirror (2004) — Art DirectionAs the Flames Rose (2012) — Director · WriterRed Dawn (2011) — Director · Director of Photography · Editor · WriterGoodnight Cinderella (2014) — Art DirectionHappy Birthday! (1997) — Francisco · Production AssistantIEC Long (2015) — Director · Editor · Screenplay · Director of PhotographyMahjong (2013) — Screenplay · Director · Art DirectionHere in Lisbon (2015)The King's Body (2012) — Assistant DirectorWhere Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? (2016) — CinematographyL'oiseau de la nuit (2015)A Room in Town (2021) — Director