Vasco Diogo

Info

Role

Director | Actor

Date of birth

09/03/1970

Place of birth

São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal

Vasco Diogo

Biography

Vasco Diogo was born in Lisbon in 1970. He has a degree in Sociology by Universidade Nova of Lisbon, a master degree in social sciences by University of Lisbon and a PhD in Communication Sciences by Universidade Nova of Lisbon, with the thesis: "Video: specificity, hybridity and experimentation" (scholarship by FCT, 2008). From 2008 to 2020 he was a professor at University of Beira Interior teaching mainly around cinema directing, new cinemas and experimental cinema. After being co-founder of Projecto Teatral, works, since 1998 in performance, video art and experimental cinema around themes such as self-presentation, truth and manipulation. In experimental cinema he has won several international awards, specially with the films: "anexperimentalviralvlog - the movie remix # ! and "may I dance?" He has shown his works in several exhibitions and festivals in Portugal, Spain, Italy, USA, Canada, India, Germany, France, Cyprus, Poland, etc.