Person

Vasco Pimentel

Sound

Biography

Vasco Pimentel is a renowned Portuguese sound engineer and sound designer. He studied music in the National Conservatory, and film at the National School of Theater and Cinema in Lisbon. His professional work spans from being sound designer and sound engineer in film and theater, filmmaker, music composer for theatre and feature length films, as well as visual artist. Since 1979, Vasco Pimentel has been active in more than 130 feature-length films and numerous documentaries and short-films. Some notable projects have been in collaboration with film directors such as Wim Wenders, Raul Ruiz, Werner Schroeter, Samuel Fuller, Vincent Gallo, Fred Kelemen, Robert Kramer, João Cesar Monteiro, Miguel Gomes, and Teresa Villaverde.

Known for

Filmography

2026Providence and the GuitarGuarda Florestal
2025JustaSound Designer
2025The SeasonsSound
2024Grand TourMr. Cooper
2021The Tsugua Diaries
2020Southern SorceressesSound
2019Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?Boom Operator
2019Six Portraits of PainSound
2019PartidaSound Director
2019FrankieSound Mixer
2018Avenida Almirante Reis em 3 AndamentosSound Recordist
2018Acts of Cinema
2018O BanqueteSound Designer
20189 FingersSound Editor
2017ColoSound Designer
2017VazantePadre
2017ZeusSound Editor
2016John FromSr. Pimentel
2015Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted OneSound Designer
2015Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate OneSound Designer
2015Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless OneSound Designer
2015Visit, or Memories and ConfessionsSound
2015The Secret AgentSound
2014DreamocracySound Mixer
2014Coro dos AmantesSound Director
2013Wild HaggisSound
2013Hovering Over the WaterSound Designer
2013Here's the DealSound Recordist
2013BobôSound
2012The Gift of TearsSound Designer
2012TabuDemonstration Spokesman / Pool House Owner
2011CisneSound Director
2010CineramaSound
2009The Portuguese NunSound Designer
2009April ShowersSound Mixer
2008Our Beloved Month of AugustSound Designer
2008Carnival: Looking for Paulo 'Miller'
2008From Now OnRepórter
2006TranceSound
2005The Face You DeserveSound Designer
2004Visions of EuropeSound Mixer
2004In Favour of LightSound
2004QuerençaFoley Artist
2003O Nome e o N.I.M.Sound Editor
2003WoundedSound
2002Em VoltaSound Designer
2002Low-Flying AircraftSound Designer
2001RendingSecretary Chief
20018 8Sound
2001Water and SaltSound
2000April CaptainsCrowd Journalist
2000BadSound Editor
1999Red RiverEditor
1999GloriaSound Editor
1998The MutantsSound Designer
1998Dribbling FateSound
1998Outros BairrosDirector
1997Daily ChickenSound
1996PandoraSound
1995AntártidaSound Designer
1995Fado, Major and MinorCustomer
1994Two Brothers, My SisterMusic
1993Here on EarthSound
1992No Dia dos Meus AnosSound Designer
1992AlcibíadesSound
1992Requiem for a DaffodilSound Mixer
1991AlexEditor
1991XavierSound
1990MalvadezSound Designer
1990Lovely ChildSound Designer
1989Recollections of the Yellow HouseSound
1989The Seventh LetterSound
1989A True and Faithful AccountSound Director
1988A Propósito da Bandeira NacionalSound
1988Doc's KingdomSound
1988Hard TimesSound Editor
1988Steel Mask Versus Blue AbyssSound Designer
1988Lounge ChairSound Mixer
1988Three Less MeSound Designer
1987SerenitySound Designer
1987The JesterPiano Player
1987The Mountains of the MoonSound Designer
1986Guardian of the NightL'homme hold-up
1986A Portuguese FarewellSound
1986The Rose KingSound Designer
1985Notre mariageSound
1984Dead Man's Seat
1984Lisboa CulturalSound
1984Manoel’s DestiniesProfessor
1984Vanishing PointSound Designer
1984City of PiratesSound
1982AspernSound
1982The Conversation Is OverSound
1982SilvestreSound
1982A EstrangeiraSound Designer
1981The TerritorySound
1981OxaláSound

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