"a striking auteur"
Eduardo Escribano Solera, Mailuki Films (ES)
"multi-award-winning film director"
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily (UK)
THE LAST BATH is set in a sun-drenched Douro Valley backdrop. It premiered at the TIFF, MostraSP and was an Ingmar Bergman Prize nominee, Sweden. It won Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Art Direction at the Academy Awards Portugal; the Golden Globe for Best Actress; the Rimbaud du Cinéma for Best Director, France.
GYPSY premiered at Locarno and SXSW. It won over 30 prizes.
Retrospectives of his films were held at Seoul Art Cinema (KOR); QuestEurope (PL); IDEM (ES); A Portuguese Love Affair; Selar Cinema (UK); LFF, Biennale Cinema Leiria; Cinemateca-Film Museum; TVCine; ESMAD; Catholic University of Portugal; Batalha Cinema Centre (PT).
David started his career assisting Turner-winner Douglas Gordon, Palme d'Or winner Manoel de Oliveira, and at the BBC.
He holds a Screenwriting MA, a Media BA, and a Directing Diploma. David also lectures and is jury at a variety of structures. He has been Selection Committee member for Portugal's best internacional film OSCAR submission.
FILMOGRAPHY
2025 SAINT JOHN'S NIGHT (in post-production)
2024 DE FIO A PAVIO (music video)
2023 A SILENT FILM
2021 CONTAGION (segment)
2020 THE LAST BATH
2017 KARMA
2015 FAREWELL
2013 GYPSY
2010 SIR KEN ADAM’S BERLINALE BIRTHDAY STATEMENT
2009 EDEN
2009 ARCH IN THE SKY
2008 HEIKO
2007 PHOTOMOTION
2007 THE BALCONY
2005 MAQUETTE
2004 LE DÉJEUNER RÉPÉTER
2001 LE TEMPS (co-directed)
2000 SUPERGLUE
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