João Rito

Born in Lisbon, he moved to Porto at a young age where he discovered his passion for films and photography. Studied cinema at Universidade Católica where he started his production company. At the beginning of his career he traveled the world making surf movies. Since the first days mixing storytelling with action and for that he got invited to work with Taylor Steele on a feature film, Se7en Signs, which gave him many shortlists and awards around the globe. 

In 2015 joined Garage Films in Lisbon as Director. For 2 years he worked with different companies and agencies. Fuel, Havas and Partners gave him the opportunity to highlight the human side of the commercials mixed with his growing passion for cinematography.

Recently he has been working as director at [nics] in Portugal, and has also been developing his craft in other countries, such as Dubai and the UK.