Pedro Paiva

Pedro Paiva

DirectorCrewLighting Portugal 2007–2024 (17 year career)

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Biography

Joao Maria Gusmao b. 1979, Pedro Paiva b. 1977. Live and work in Lisbon. The Portuguese artists Joao Maria Gusmao and Pedro Paiva have collaborated since 2001 on creating objects, installations and 16mm and 35mm short films. The duo describe their overall project as a kind of “recreational metaphysics,” a genre that to a certain extent they themselves have re-invented following the Portuguese poet Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa) on his layered aesthetical modern experiment on materialism. The s…

Known For

Triangles and Squares

Triangles and Squares

Director

Proboscis

Proboscis

Director

Three Albinos Telling Jokes by the Fireplace

Three Albinos Telling Jokes by the Fireplace

Director

Placing the Fisheye

Placing the Fisheye

Director

Those Animals That, at a Distance, Resemble Flies

Those Animals That, at a Distance, Resemble Flies

Director

Bread, Tea and Bao Game

Bread, Tea and Bao Game

Director

Dream of a Ray Fish

Dream of a Ray Fish

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Cassowary

Cassowary

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Filmography

Crew (45)

Movies (45)

A Moeda-Viva

A Moeda-Viva

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Sleeping Flamingo

Sleeping Flamingo

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Salto no Vazio

Salto no Vazio

Cinematography

Weil ich dich liebe

Weil ich dich liebe

Gaffer

Chopping Fruits and Vegetables

Chopping Fruits and Vegetables

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Sleeping in a Bullet Train

Sleeping in a Bullet Train

Director

Pipe

Pipe

Director

Motorcycle, Bike and Human Dots

Motorcycle, Bike and Human Dots

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Glossolalia

Glossolalia

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Papagaio (Djambi)

Director

Triangles and Squares

Triangles and Squares

Director

Proboscis

Proboscis

Director

Three Albinos Telling Jokes by the Fireplace

Three Albinos Telling Jokes by the Fireplace

Director

Placing the Fisheye

Placing the Fisheye

Director

Water mill

Water mill

Director

Those Animals That, at a Distance, Resemble Flies

Those Animals That, at a Distance, Resemble Flies

Director

Solar, the Blindman Eating a Papaya

Solar, the Blindman Eating a Papaya

Director

Bread, Tea and Bao Game

Bread, Tea and Bao Game

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Donkey

Donkey

Director

Getting into bed

Getting into bed

Director

Under a car

Under a car

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Wheels

Wheels

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Turtle

Turtle

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Cowfish

Cowfish

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Wave

Wave

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The Horse of the Prophet

The Horse of the Prophet

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Benguelino Casting a Spell on the Camera

Benguelino Casting a Spell on the Camera

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Dream of a Ray Fish

Dream of a Ray Fish

Director

O Último Voo do Flamingo

O Último Voo do Flamingo

Electrician

Spaghetti Tornado

Spaghetti Tornado

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Cassowary

Cassowary

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Pot Smaller than Pot

Pot Smaller than Pot

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A Coluna de Colombo

A Coluna de Colombo

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Hairy Stone

Hairy Stone

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3 Sóis

3 Sóis

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The Soup

The Soup

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Fruit Polyhedron

Fruit Polyhedron

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Ventriloquismo

Ventriloquismo

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Tarciso’s Analogy

Tarciso’s Analogy

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Hand Smaller than Hand

Hand Smaller than Hand

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Fried Egg

Fried Egg

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Meteoritica

Meteoritica

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The Initiate

The Initiate

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The Human Torch

The Human Torch

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Eye Eclipse

Eye Eclipse

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