Trivia

58th Berlin International Film Festival: selected to attend the Director's Berlinale Talents #6.

Is Portuguese of French and British descent.

Brother of Miguel Bonneville.

2010-2011 worked for the BBC in London.

Member of the jury at the Quest Europe International Authors' Film Festival in Poland, 2011.

Received the academic Excellence scholarship for his Master of Arts in Screenwriting & Producing from the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster, London, in 2009.

Kick started his career by assisting centenarian Cannes Palme d'Or winner Manoel de Oliveira, in a film starring John Malkovich, Irene Papas and Catherine Deneuve.

Member of the jury at the Brno16 International Film Festival, Czech Republic (2016).

Member of the Selection Comittee for the Aquila Awards; Portugal, 2018.

Member of the Jury at the Piélagos International Film Festival, Spain (2019).

Studied film directing with the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) within the Arts Programme of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2007).

Member of the Jury at the Ourense Film Festival in 2022.

President of the Jury at the Izmir Kiza Film Festival, Turkey, in 2022.

Selection committee member for Portugal's 2024 best international film Oscar submission.

Head of the Jury (Main Competition) at the 65th Brno16 International Film Festival, Czechia.

Head of the Jury at the Oslo Film Festival, Norway (2024).

Committee Member for Colombia's National Film Funding Scheme at Proimágenes Co. / CNACC - National Council of the Arts & Cinematographic Culture, Colombia (2024).