João Rui Guerra da Mata was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. From 2004 to 2011 he taught art direction at the Lisbon Film School. As an art director, he has worked on several features and shorts, especially films directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, whose films he also co-written. This collaboration has recently evolved into co-directing, specifically on the short films China, China (2007) and Alvorada Vermelha (2011). O Que Arde Cura (2012) is his feature debut.
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