Portrait of João Rui Guerra da Mata

Directing

João Rui Guerra da Mata

Career

Active from 1997 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Ornithologist
The Ornithologist
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
João Rui Guerra da Mata Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7
  • Family Dynamics
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    23
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Afonso's Smile
    Afonso's Smile

    Writer, Production Design

    2020s

    4 titles · average score 64
    13 Alfinetes
    13 Alfinetes (2025)

    Screenplay, Director

    Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After
    Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After (2023)

    Director

    Will-o'-the-Wisp
    Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Production Design, Writer

    A Room in Town
    A Room in Town (2021)

    Director

    2010s

    11 titles · average score 66
    The Ornithologist
    The Ornithologist (2016)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Screenplay, Art Direction

    Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues?
    Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? (2016)

    Cinematography

    IEC Long
    IEC Long (2015)

    Director, Director of Photography

    Goodnight Cinderella
    Goodnight Cinderella (2014)

    Art Direction

    The Last Time I Saw Macao
    The Last Time I Saw Macao (2013)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Director, Screenplay

    Mahjong
    Mahjong (2013)

    Screenplay, Director

    As the Flames Rose
    As the Flames Rose (2012)

    Writer, Director

    Morning of Saint Anthony's Day
    Morning of Saint Anthony's Day (2012)

    Art Direction

    The King's Body
    The King's Body (2012)

    Assistant Director

    Red Dawn
    Red Dawn (2011)

    Editor, Writer

    Side Effects
    Side Effects (2011)

    Art Direction

    2000s

    5 titles · average score 46
    To Die Like a Man
    To Die Like a Man (2009)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Art Direction

    China, China
    China, China (2007)

    Director, Writer

    Two Drifters
    Two Drifters (2005)
    GoodWatch score 42

    Set Decoration, Costume Design

    The Girl in the Mirror
    The Girl in the Mirror (2004)

    Art Direction

    O Fantasma
    O Fantasma (2000)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as Police 2

    1990s

    2 titles · average score 53
    Happy Birthday!
    Happy Birthday! (1997)
    GoodWatch score 51

    as Francisco

    Haircut
    Haircut (1996)
    GoodWatch score 55

    Costume Design