Bruno Jorge

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Bruno Jorge

Biography

Since 2003, filmmaker Bruno Jorge has made very independently over 20 films of different genres, including short/medium/feature-length, influenced by visual arts, experimental cinema and etnography. Among the various shortfilms we could mention "Setback" (best film at Festival do Rio, Lab Competition Clermont-Ferrand), Justiça ao Insulto (Cannes, Rotterdam), "November, December" (IDFA) , "Catuçaba", "Moins que demain" and "Barões" (all 3 premiered in Visions du Réel). In 2013 the French Cinematheque honored Bruno with a retrospective of his shortfilm work. Some feature-length documentaries are "What I could be if I were" (best film at ABD, Semana dos Realizadores), "Piripkura" (Human Rights prize at IDFA, best film at Festival do Rio/Docville/Cartagena among others) and the newest movie "The invention of the Other", premiered at Festival de Cinema de Brasília 2022 (best film by official jury).

Known For

Director

2024
Useless Utensils

as Director

2018
Piripkura

as Director

2013
Contratempo

as Director

2005

Editor

2019
2018
Piripkura

as Additional Editor

2005
2004
Contratempo

as Editor

Writer

2022
2005
Justiça ao Insulto

as Screenplay

2004
Contratempo

as Writer

Camera

2022
The Invention of the Other

as Director of Photography

2018
Piripkura

as Director of Photography