Regina Pessoa

Directing

Regina Pessoa

Born

1969-12-16 (56)

Place of birth

Coimbra, Portugal

Known for

Directing

Credits

22 titles

Regina Pessoa is a Portuguese animator and director who was born on the 16th of December, 1969. She was born in Coimbra, Portugal, but lived in a village near the city until she was seventeen years old. Without a TV, she spent her time reading, listening to the older ones telling stories and also painting her grandmother's house doors and walls using charcoal, encouraged by her uncle. She graduated in painting from University of Porto in 1998 and during her time as a student she took part in different animation workshops, having participated in Espace Projets (Annecy, 1995) with the short "A Noite", which she would finish in 1999. In 1992 she started working in Filmógrafo - Estúdio de Cinema…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Kali, the Little Vampire poster
6.5

This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.

Kali, the Little Vampire

2012

Kali, the Little Vampire poster
6.5

This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.

Kali, the Little Vampire

2012

The Night poster
6.3

It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are alone and abandoned.

The Night

1999

The Night poster
6.3

It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are alone and abandoned.

The Night

1999

Vicious Cycle poster
7.0

Glaxo Wellcome Anti-Tobacco Commissioned Film. (23 Sec. )

Vicious Cycle

1996

Vicious Cycle poster
7.0

Glaxo Wellcome Anti-Tobacco Commissioned Film. (23 Sec. )

Vicious Cycle

1996

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days poster
6.7

From Regina's personal and visual memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

2019

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days poster
6.7

From Regina's personal and visual memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

2019

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days poster
6.7

From Regina's personal and visual memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

2019

Tragic Story with Happy Ending poster
6.8

A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.

Tragic Story with Happy Ending

2005

Tragic Story with Happy Ending poster
6.8

A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.

Tragic Story with Happy Ending

2005

Tragic Story with Happy Ending poster
6.8

A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.

Tragic Story with Happy Ending

2005

Odyssey in Images poster
7.0

The opening credits of the festival "Odyssey mas imagens" in Porto in 2001. (25 Sec. )

Odyssey in Images

2001

Odyssey in Images poster
7.0

The opening credits of the festival "Odyssey mas imagens" in Porto in 2001. (25 Sec. )

Odyssey in Images

2001

Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas poster
8.3

All the lives of Cora Coralina in a poetic narrative in the voices, feelings and interpretations of six generations of great Brazilian actresses. A polyphony of the voices that inhabited Cora, revealed in prose, verse and images with its immense literary talent and human content. The film reveals the trajectory of Cora Coralina, from her childhood years to getting married and leaving Goiás, from the long period of 45 years lived in different cities in the state of São Paulo and her return to the City of Goiás, when she revealed herself to Brazil with the strength of his poetry.

Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas

2017

Chantelouve poster
NR

An animated logo from the Chantelouve production company symbolising the power of transformation and freedom, inspired by the Greco-Roman mythical she-wolf.

Chantelouve

2024

Christmas Stars poster
7.0

A Christmas Song!

Christmas Stars

1998

Christmas Stars poster
7.0

A Christmas Song!

Christmas Stars

1998