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João Pedro Bénard

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  • Production Manager
  • Producer
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João Pedro Bénard is known for Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015), Island of Loves (1982) and Xavier (1992).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
    Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One
    7.0
    Movie
    • Humberto
    • 2015
    Island of Loves (1982)
    Island of Loves
    7.3
    Movie
    • Producer(as João Pedro Bénard da Costa)
    • 1982
    Xavier (1992)
    Xavier
    6.8
    Movie
    • Producer
    • 1992
    O Lugar do Morto (1984)
    O Lugar do Morto
    6.5
    Movie
    • Additional Crew(as J.P. Bénard da Costa)
    • 1984

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The Hateful
      • Father
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Mal Menor
      • João
      • In Production
    • Maya Booth, Eduardo Felipe, Adriano Luz, Fernando Luís, Diana Costa e Silva, Fernando Vendrell, Gonçalo Waddington, José Guedes, Rui Neto, Jaime Freitas, Miguel Damião, Tiago Costa, Soraia Chaves, Francisco Froes, João Tempera, Iolanda Laranjeiro, Vicente Wallenstein, Filippo Fiumani, Julia Palha, Rafael Gomes, Luís Henrique Matos, and Gonçalo Botelho in A Travessia (2025)
      A Travessia
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Comendador Andrade
      • 2025
    • Imitação de Vida
      Short
      • 2024
    • Banzo (2024)
      Banzo
      7.1
      • Dr. Figueira
      • 2024
    • Grand Tour (2024)
      Grand Tour
      6.5
      • Horace Seagrave
      • 2024
    • Histórias da Montanha (2023)
      Histórias da Montanha
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Alma Grande
      • 2023
    • Natália Luiza, Rui Morisson, Ana Lopes, Rafael Gomes, and Cinara Pisco in Sombras Brancas (2023)
      Sombras Brancas
      6.0
      • Enfermeiro
      • Al Capone
      • 2023
    • O Teu Peso em Ouro (2022)
      O Teu Peso em Ouro
      4.8
      Short
      • Norberto
      • 2022
    • Maria João Bastos, Soraia Chaves, and Victoria Guerra in Três Mulheres (2018)
      Três Mulheres
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Diogo Cabral
      • 2022
    • Hotel Royal (2021)
      Hotel Royal
      5.5
      Short
      • Homem no Salão
      • 2021
    • Patrick (2019)
      Patrick
      6.0
      • Inspector Português
      • 2019
    • Rage (2018)
      Rage
      7.0
      • 2018
    • Sofia Marques and António Mortágua in Ramiro (2017)
      Ramiro
      5.9
      • Professor
      • 2017
    • Mariphasa (2017)
      Mariphasa
      5.1
      • Nuno
      • 2017
    • Beyond the Mountains (2017)
      Beyond the Mountains
      6.7
      Short
      • 2017
    • Coup de Grâce (2017)
      Coup de Grâce
      4.9
      Short
      • Sr. Silva
      • 2017

    Production Manager

    • Cinzas e Brasas
      5.4
      Short
      • production manager
      • 2015
    • The Battle of Tabato (2013)
      The Battle of Tabato
      5.9
      • production manager
      • 2013
    • A Conquista de Faro
      5.3
      Short
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 2005
    • Der gläserne Blick (2003)
      Der gläserne Blick
      5.2
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 2003
    • Mausolée pour une garce (2001)
      Mausolée pour une garce
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • production manager
      • 2001
    • Verena Jasch and Wolfgang Michael in Abendland (1999)
      Abendland
      7.0
      • production manager: Portugal (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1999
    • Senhor Jerónimo
      4.6
      Short
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1998
    • River of Gold (1998)
      River of Gold
      6.6
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1998
    • La femme du cosmonaute (1997)
      La femme du cosmonaute
      4.5
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1997
    • Embeth Davidtz and Anthony LaPaglia in The Garden of Redemption (1997)
      The Garden of Redemption
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1997
    • Os Olhos da Ásia (1996)
      Os Olhos da Ásia
      5.9
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1996
    • Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (1996)
      Des nouvelles du bon Dieu
      7.1
      • production manager
      • 1996
    • Fado, Major and Minor (1994)
      Fado, Major and Minor
      6.4
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1994
    • Coitado do Jorge (1993)
      Coitado do Jorge
      6.5
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1993
    • O Fim do Mundo (1993)
      O Fim do Mundo
      7.3
      • production manager (as João Pedro Bénard)
      • 1993

    Producer

    • Tabatô
      4.9
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Vanitas (2004)
      Vanitas
      4.6
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Querença (2004)
      Querença
      6.6
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • A Piscina (2004)
      A Piscina
      5.6
      Short
      • producer
      • 2004
    • As Sereias
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2001
    • A Raiz do Coração (2000)
      A Raiz do Coração
      5.6
      • executive producer
      • 2000
    • O Guardador de Rebanhos (1999)
      O Guardador de Rebanhos
      5.8
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • Xavier (1992)
      Xavier
      6.8
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 1992
    • Le voyage étranger (1992)
      Le voyage étranger
      4.8
      • associate producer
      • 1992
    • Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... (1991)
      Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois...
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Malvadez (1991)
      Malvadez
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Perdidos e Achados (1991)
      Perdidos e Achados
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1991
    • Sandra Faleiro, Margarida Marinho, and Vítor Norte in O Oiro do Bandido (1991)
      O Oiro do Bandido
      7.3
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Alex (1991)
      Alex
      6.0
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Conserva Acabada (1990)
      Conserva Acabada
      5.5
      Short
      • producer
      • 1990

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      Son of João Bénard da Costa, he is also a man of cinema, mainly in the production department and as film programmer at Cinemateca Portuguesa.

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