Director
André Gil Mata
São João da Madeira, Portugal · 14 films
André Gil Mata was born in 1978. Having studied mathematics, he has worked mostly in photography, theatre and film and is one of the founders of the Portuguese photography and cinema laboratory Átomo 47. In 2009, his debut short-film WATER ARK won several awards having been shown in several international festivals, as well as his second short-film HOUSE. GRAVEDIGGER, his third short-film, won the Mèlies d'Argent and CAPTIVITY, his first feature-length documentary won the DocAlliance Award at Cannes, in 2013. Gil Mata obtained his master degree in film direction in 2012, at Lisbon Theatre and Film School and finished his PhD at Film. Factory (Sarajevo) in 2016.
Best known for
Filmography 14
Caronte
2026 · Actor
Calhau
2025 · Actor
The Flame of a Candle
2025 · Director, Writer
Gods of Stone
2025 · Producer
Campos Belos
2023 · Writer, Editor
Tanganhom
2023 · Actor
Ubu
2023 · Todo o Exército Russo, Writer
On DocAlliance Films
The Damned Yard
2023 · Schmar, Director
The Tree
2018 · Director, Writer
How I Fell in Love with Eva Ras
2016 · Director, Writer
Labirinto
2014 · Actor
The Gravedigger
2012 · Actor, Director
Beard
2011 · André
Arca D'Água
2009 · Director, Screenplay