João Gonzalez

João Gonzalez

Born 1996
Portugal

Biography

Film director, animator, illustrator and musician with classical training in piano. He received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, he did a Masters at the Royal College Art (UK), after finishing his BA at ESMAD (PT). In these institutions he made 2 multi-award winning films, Nestor and The Voyager. In 2022 he became the first Portuguese animation filmmaker to be awarded at Festival de Cannes, winning the Jury Prize for Best Short Film with Ice Merchants.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca

Director

Short
2022

Ice Merchants

2019

Nestor (student film)

Screenwriter

Short
2022

Ice Merchants

Cinematographer

Short
2022

Ice Merchants

Editor

Short
2022

Ice Merchants