Antonio Rui Ribeiro
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| Occupation | Film director, editor & cinematographer |
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| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I was quite fortunate in the earlier part of my life and started working since the age of 16 in theatre in Lisbon Portugal. During this time I worked with some of the most inspiring actors from that country. Then in 1996, I relocated to the UK, where I had lived during part of my childhood. In 1999 I founded the Blue Elephant Theatre formerly a derelict building. As artistic director, during a seven-year tenure, I promoted new writing by international playwrights. In 2004 I wanted to venture into other creative arenas and studied film at the London Film Academy, specialising in directing and cinematography. Since then I have been involved with an array of projects ranging from fiction, music videos and documentaries for a number of productions companies and television networks. As a writer, I have written a number of plays and screenplays. |
| Favorite movies | Il Divo, Motorcycle diaries, Shawshank Redemption, Red Road, Delicatessen City of God, Pierrepoint, Fanny and Alexander, A little Night's Music, Red, Blue, White, La Strada, Amacord, etc, etc. (I'm sure there's more...) |
| Favorite books | 100 Years of Solitude and most of Gabriel Garcia Marquez books. Love the man! Also Patrick Suskind "The Perfume", Marguerite Yourcenar's "Life of Adrian", etc, etc. Other writers I enjoy are: Martin McDonagh, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Harold Pinter, Athol Fugard, David Mamet, Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, Albert Camus, Marguerite Yourcenar, Doris Lessing, Woody Allen, Boris Vian, Thomas Hardy, Ionesco, Dario Fo, Pirandello, de Filippo, good old Shakespeare...... |