Carlos Saboga
Born in Portugal in 1936, Carlos Saboga has worked as a screenwriter and translator as well as journalist and assistant director.
International critical acclaim for his work began in the 1970s. In 1984, he wrote the screenplay for “O Lugar do Morto” by António-Pedro Vasconcelos. In 1999 he collaborated again with Vasconcelos in “Jaime”, winner of the Special Prize of the Jury in the San Sebastian International Film Festival and of the “Cannes Junior” award at the Cannes Film Festival. The miniseries “Les Filles du Maître de Chai”, directed by François Luciani in 1997, received the Grand Prix du Sénat for best French series and seven nominations for the “7 d’Or”. In 2004 and 2007 he collaborated with Mário Barroso in “O Milagre Segundo Salomé” and “Um Amor de Perdição”. These two films were selected for several of the biggest film festivals in the world, including San Sebastian International Film Festival and Locarno Film Festival.
In 2010, Saboga adapted Portuguese author Camilo Castelo Branco for the screenplay of “Mysteries of Lisbon”, Raul Ruiz’ last film. The 4h30 long saga was applauded by critics and public alike and was selected for dozens of film festivals around the world, including the Toronto Film Festival, the New York Film Festival and the São Paulo International Film Festival. It won several international awards, including the Prix Louis-Delluc, the Best Directing Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Critics Award at the São Paulo International Film Festival. Two years later, Saboga wrote “Lines of Wellington”, directed by Valeria Sarmiento, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. That same year, at 76, he directed his first feature, “Photo”. Presented at the Official Selection of the Rome Film Festival, the film was commercially released in both Portugal and France.
FILMOGRAPHY
Director:
“At An Uncertain Time” – 2015
“Photo” – 2012
Screenwriter:
“At An Uncertain Time” by Carlos Saboga – 2015
“Photo” by Carlos Saboga – 2012
“Lines of Wellington” by Valeria Sarmiento – 2012
“Mysteries of Lisbon” by Raúl Ruiz – 2010
“Um Amor de Perdição” by Mário Barroso – 2007
“O Milagre Segundo Salomé” by Mário Barroso – 2004
“Jaime” by António-Pedro Vasconcelos – 1999
“Les filles du maître de chai” by François Luciani – 1997
“Le trajet de la foudre” by Jacques Bourton – 1994
“Le fils d'un autre” by Michel Lang – 1992
“Un ballon dans la tête” by Michaëla Watteaux – 1992
“Adeus Princesa” by Jorge Paixão da Costa – 1992
“Aqui D'El Rei!” by António-Pedro Vasconcelos – 1992
“Retrato de Família” by Luís Galvão Teles – 1991
“Matar Saudades” by Fernando Lopes – 1988
“O Lugar do Morto” by António-Pedro Vasconcelos – 1984
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