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EDUCATION
2008 - Interdisciplinary and Technological Performance Arts Course at Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme, Lisbon with tutors from Brooklyn College, NY (June-August 2008)
2006 - Media Arts studies as an informal student during the period of artist-in-residence at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. 'Interactive narratives' | 'Physical Computing' | 'Neighborhood narratives'
2005 - “Script&Pitch Workshops - European advanced script-writing course“, supported by MEDIA Plus Program.
Italy, Finland e France.
2005 - Software course on “Dreamweaver” , Pavilhão do Conhecimento de Lisboa
2004 - Masterclass of Cinematography with: Ed Lachman, Il Sung Jung, Walter Carvalho and Caroline Champetier, International Film Festival of Jeonju, South Korea
2000 - Image Workshop with Rui Poças and Sound Workshop with Vasco Pimentel, on the experimental project "Give this manifest a body", Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
1998 - AVID editing internership with Pedro Ribeiro, during the editing of the film “Quando Troveja” by M. Mozos.
1996 - 3D Animation Workshop for dance and movement: “Digitalizando o corpo electrónico“. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Encounters Acarte. direction: Yacov Sharir.
1993-94 - Parallel studies with Fellowship Erasmus, Michel Montaigne University, Bordeaux, France
1992-93 - Professional technical course for camera operators, sound and film editing, supported by European Community. Textimédia Produções
1991-95 - Graduated in Sciences of Communication and Film, from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
FILMOGRAPHY as director, scriptwriter, editor
TRAVELOGUE, 2008 - independent production
BALLAD OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEPENDENCY, 2007 – independent production
SUBLIMINAL – 3 meditative video pieces, 2006 - independent production
CANTAI CANTIGAS (SINGING SONGS), 2006 – independent production
NÓS (US), 2003 - prod. Madragoa Filmes
NOITES (NIGHTS), 2000 - prod. Madragoa Filmes
PROCURA-SE PERSONAGEM (SERCHING FOR CHARACTER), 2001 - prod. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
DESVIO (DETOUR), 1997 - prod. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Suma Filmes
ZÉNITH, 1996 - independent production
OLHOS CLAROS (CLEAR EYES), 1995 - prod. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Suma Filmes
MEMÓRIA (MEMORY), 1995 - film school
COLLABORATIONS WITH FILMMAKERS and ARTISTS
2007 - CHANGING THE WORLD ON VACATION, by Daniela Kon. feature / documentary. Editor (London, UK)
2007 - Old Home SuperHome - 3 online videos for Sustainable Energy Academy. Director and editor (London, UK)
2007 - promo video for FairTunes, a charity project providing music studios for people in impoverished communities. Editor (London, UK)
2006 – DAVID CRONEMBERG PRESENTS WIRELESS INTERNET, by John Gross. Feature. Advisor in the editing (Philadelphia, USA)
1999 / 2001 - DAR O CORPO AO MANIFESTO, Curation and coordination. Project of workshops and film / video productions, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Inviting 6 young film directors was part of the project which proposes to defend, question and look for a place for independent film in a culture of mass media.
1999 - Peixe-Lua by José Álvaro Morais. Feature. 1ª director assistant during the preparation of the film.
1998-99 - O quarto da Vanda by Pedro Costa. Documentary Director‘s assistant. Image and sound.
1997 - Rio do Ouro by Paulo Rocha. Feature Scriptwriter. Image Editor. Director’s Creative assistant.
1996 - Camões, Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano by Paulo Rocha Cinematographer, camera operator and editor. 1996 - Rua do Poço dos negros by Paulo Rocha. Scriptwriter
BOOK
MOBILE NARRATIVES - text, photography and design - self-publishing on demand at www.lulu.com/content/493290
based on the Blog http://mobilenarratives.blogspot.com
INSTALATION AND WEB
2007 – Changes – instalation - Casa dos Dias da Agua, Lisboa, (Abril 2007)
2007 – Trajectos | Passages – on the street + on the web – commission for Festival Pedras D’Agua, Lisbon (July 2007)
2006 – web design – www.claudiatomaz.com
2006 – creative and theoretical blogs:
http://mobilenarratives.blogspot.com
http://holonfilmlab.blogspot.com
http://inbetweenblog.blogspot.com
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES and GRANTS
2005-2006 – Artist-in-residence at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Grant from Calouste Gulbenkian / Flad for a experimental Lab filmmaker project, scriptwriting / research for a new feature film and Media Art Studies.
2005 - “Script&Pitch Workshops - European advanced script-writing course“. Grant from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Icam - Instituto de Cinema, audiovisual e multimedia
1993-94 - Parallel studies in Film and Audio-visual at Michel Montaigne University, Bordeaux, France. Erasmus Fellowship.
SCRIPTS
2007 - HERE AND NOW feature (work in progress)
2007 – REINO DO OCIDENTE documentary with Pedro Urano
2005 - 07 MOBILE feature
2004 - ENTRAR NA INTIMIDADE short
2004 - O PESO DA TERRA feature
2001 - NÓS feature with João Pereira
2001 - PROCURA-SE PERSONAGEM experimental
2000 - AS RUÍNAS DO PARAÍSO documentary
1999 / 2000 - O BANAL EM FEED-BACK experimental
1998-2000 – NOITES feature
1999 - NORTE documentary
1998-99 - NOTAS PARA UM FILME NO NORDESTE documentary devellopment
1997 - RIO DO OURO a feature film by Paulo Rocha
1997 – DESVIO medium lenght
1996 - RUA DOS POÇOS DOS NEGROS experimental with Paulo Rocha
1996 - CIDADE-MUTANTIS short with animation with Margarida Carvalho
1995-96 - GESTOS feature
1995 - MAR VERMELHO feature
1995 - OLHOS CLAROS medium lenght
WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED as a teacher
2007–08 - Film for children (7-12), 2 classes - 10 weeks' programme, tutor of Cineclub, at Peterborough, England
2006 – “Shoot and Edit on camera – 16mm” - film exercise with Temple University students, USA
2005 - Workshop “The inseparable triangle: director - actor - character“ - C.E.M, Lisbon
2005 - “Directing actors”, part of the annual Course on Film Directing, Restart, Lisbon
2005 - Masterclass “Long-Shots” presenting the film “Russian Ark” by Sokurov, Videoteca de Lisboa
2005 - Workshop “Documentary”, C.E.M, Lisbon
2004 - Workshop “Digital Cinema, transversal cinema - the cinema of the body ”, C.E.M, Lisbon
1997 - Workshop ‘Documentary and Politics’, Jornadas de Timor, Psicology University, LIsbon
PUBLISHED ARTICLES 2004-07
‘Inter-disciplinarity: the future of cinema’ March 2007
‘Nano Era’ February 2007
‘Inter-act 4 – designing interactivity’ January 2007
‘Inter-act on the net’ December 2006
'Inter-Act II - soft cinema' November 2006
'Inter-Act' October 2006
'Finished' 'Acabaste' September 2006
'The declaration of independent filmmaking' August 2006
'Vision', 'Visão', July 2006
'Neighborhood narratives' June 2006
'The digital artist - the daily art', 'Artista Digital - A Arte do quotidiano', April 2006
'Mobile-work-in-progress' March 2006
'To Re-write a script', 'Reescrever um argumento' February 2006
'The spirit of Philadelphia', O espírito de Filadélfia', January 2006
'The solitude of video or changing things as they are', A solidão do vídeo ou mudar o estado das coisas, December 2005
'Caracters' - 'Personagens', November 2005
“The film producer” - “O produtor de cinema”, October 2005
“The technical crew“ - “A equipa técnica”, September 2005
“Script&Pitch”, August 2005
“Documentary“ - “Documentário”, July 2005
“Editing“ - “Montagem”, June 2005
“Writing for film“ - “Escrever para cinema”, May 2005
“Special effects, digital effects“ - “Efeitos Especiais, Efeitos digitais”, April 2005
“Finding a place or building a set“ - “Descobrir um lugar ou construir um décor”, March 2005
“The long-shot“ - “O plano-sequência”, February 2005
“From image grammar to the cinema of Time“ - “Da gramática da imagem ao cinema do tempo” January 2005
“The unlimited universe of sounds“ - “O Universo ilimitado dos Sons”, December 2004
“Catching the light“ - “Apanhar a luz”, November 2004
“The way of Actors in Cinema“ - “O caminho dos actores no Cinema” October 2004
“The man of the filming camera“ - “O Homem da câmara de filmar” September 2004
“The birth of Images“ - “O Nascimento das Imagens” August 2004
Articles about Film Festivals
'Philadelphia Film Festival', May 2006
“Midnight Sun Film Festival“, Sodankyla, Finland, August 2005
“A bridge to Brazil“ - “Uma ponte para o Brasil”, 8º Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Jan. 2005
“DocLisboa, o que pode o documentário”, Doc Lisboa, Dec. 2004
“Uma festa de Cinema - a sede do público pelos filmes independentes”, IndieLisboa, Nov. 2004
“Indie 2005 - um projecto de sucesso”, IndieLisboa, June 2005
“Viagem ao Oriente”, Internacional Film Festival of Jeonju, South Korea, June 2004
Others:
“25th of April - the revolution” invited by Jornal de Letras (collaboration with João Pereira)
PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS and talks as a guest / artist
2007 – Invited as an artist for commission at Festival Pedras d’Agua, C.E.M – project: Trajectos | Passages (site specific on the streets and online)
2007 – Vídeo of the experimental theater play ‘Teatro Nacional – Armazém do Ferro’ by Lúcia Sigalho
2007 – Moderateur of 5 pannels of the seminar on film, INDIE Lisboa
2007 – Guest on round table at INDIE Lisboa about ‘New digital platforms’
2007 – Invited to present the installation CHANGES at Casa dos Dias da Agua
2007 – Invited as filmmaker for the venue “Filmes no Lençol’ – presents a mix of films from ‘Ballad of technological dependency’ and ‘Subliminal’. Casa dos Dias da Água.
2006 - 'Mobile images' as guest filmmaker at Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2006 - 'My filmmaking methods' as guest filmmaker at Independent Film class at Temple University, USA
2004 - Jury Member of Features and Short films in Festival Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira
2004 - Invited as a photographer by Initiative FUTE. LOMO. Exhibition in Oporto “Artes em Partes”. Her work was selected for the article on “Pública” magazine
2003 - Debate “Multiples Perceptions”, about “Image”. Invited by José Bartolo - Casa dos Dias da Água
1999 - Shotting the rehearsals of “Lírio“, Cornucópia Theater by Christine Laurent
1996 - "Conferences about Portuguese cinema", Ministério da Cultura, in Centro cultural de Belém. Invited by João Mário Grilo. Claudia’s conference “The ghosts of Liberty” represents a new generation of young filmmakers, searching for independent ways of making movies.
1995-98 - Collaboration with Paulo Rocha in the Calouste Gulbenkian Project - “Paulo Rocha Lab“
ACTRESS
2000 - NOITES, main character, feature film by Cláudia Tomaz
1997 - DESVIO, as her-self, film by Cláudia Tomaz
2005 - MARIA, main character, short film by John Gross
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2004-07 - works as Shiatsu Therapist
2004-05 - Teaches “Integrated therapies for relaxation”
2004-05 - Study Shiatsu massage with the Japanese master Dr. Mitsuharu Tsuchiya
2003-04 -
III Internacional Workshop of Luohan Qigong with the Chinese Master Chen Yong Fa
2003 -
Starts learning Tai-Chi-Chuan and Qigong,
1994-96 - Workshops in dance, body expression and drama
1994 - Theater Group at the University - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
LANGUAGES
portuguese, english, french, spanish
SOFTWARE and technical skills
Experience dealing cameras, sound, editing and software:
Final cut pro, Avid, Photoshop, inDesign, Compressor, Final draft, Dreamweaver, Flash, iDVD, DVD studio Pro.
