João Mário Grilo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

João Mário Grilo

Portuguese filmmaker

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1958

Place of Birth: Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District, Portugal

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

João Mário Lourenço Bagão Grilo (born November 8, 1958) is a Portuguese film director, author and professor, born in Figueira da Foz.
He attended economics at the University of Coimbra but dropped out.
In 1983, he graduated in sociology at Lisbon's ISCTE and in 1994 earned a Ph.D.
in communication sciences from the NOVA University Lisbon.
He is a full Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the NOVA University Lisbon, where, among other courses, he teaches Filmology and Film Direction. His first long feature film won the Georges Sadoul Prize at the Venice Film Festival.