Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1960. After graduating from the Superior School of Theater and Cinema of his country, he directed video clips for Portuguese rock bands. His first TV feature was the documentary Life & Work of Cassiano Branco (1991), followed by his cinema debut: Manual of Evasion LX94 (1994). His other features include The Window (2001), Muddy River (2007), The Baron (2011), Vision of Madredeus (2012). The Mostra has presented Pera’s features The Amazed Spectator (2015), Delirium in Las Vedras (2017), Magnetick Pathways (2018) and O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta (2018). Pêra is also one of the directors of 3X3D (2013, 37th Mostra).
