Biography

Miguel Clara Vasconcelos (Lisbon, 1971) is a professor of screenwriting, film director and writer, with several national and international awards in literature and film. His filmography includes The Love Circus (Torino, 2018), Voices speaking through me (GUIÕES Portuguese Script Festival, 2018), Silent Meeting (Indielisboa, 2017), Vila do Conde Extended (Brive, 2015), The Golden Triangle (Curtas de Vila do Conde, 2014) and Mya’s Universe (Capalbio Cinema, 2011). As a writer he has published poetry (B Obsession), essay (Manure) and literary short stories (Biblia magazine). He has also written and directed theater (Um Crime P'Canino, Solidão Aperto e Queda, 1/2 Culpa) and had a brief but remarkable experience in journalism (Público newspaper).

Master in Film Studies, from the University Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle, he also has a degree in Art (Escuela Superior de Arquitectura y Bellas Artes, Universidad Europea de Madrid), in Literature (University of Lisbon and University of Coimbra) and in Social Sciences (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão).

Besides Portugal, where he currently lives, he has lived in Mozambique, Spain and France, working with people from many countries and cultures, learning other ways of being in life and world views.

He enjoys cycling and swimming in the sea.