Edgar Pêra is a Portuguese director, actor, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the award-winning film Tabu (2012). Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1968, Pêra studied film at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema and graduated in 1991.
After graduating, Pêra began his career in the Portuguese film industry. He directed several short films, including A Visita (1995) and A Porta (1997). He wrote and directed the feature film The Cannibalistic Counselor at the Camp for Singles (2000), which was shown at numerous film festivals around the world.
In 2005, Pêra wrote and directed the feature film The Face You Deserve, which won the Montréal World Film Festival’s Grand Prix des Amériques. In 2007, he wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film Blood of My Blood, which was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 2012, Pêra wrote and directed the feature film Tabu, which won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival and the International Film Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film also won several other awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 2015, Pêra wrote and directed the feature film The Invisible Life, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. He has also directed several television shows, including the series A Herdade (2015).
Pêra is also an actor and has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including the series A Herdade. In 2016, he wrote and directed the feature film The Ornithologist, which was shown at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Pêra’s work has been praised for its use of unconventional storytelling and its exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and mortality. He has received numerous awards and nominations for his work and is considered one of Portugal’s most important filmmakers.
