Bernardo Nascimento

Bernardo Nascimento was born in Portugal in 1975, spending his childhood between Lisbon, and Madeira, a small island in the middle of the Atlantic. He studied Music and History in Lisbon and Paris, eventually graduating on the latter. He began working in film as an Assistant Director with Portuguese directors Jose Fonseca e Costa and Manoel de Oliveira, before moving to London where he worked in projects from "auteur" films to blockbusters like Mathew Vaughn's "Kick Ass". In 2010 he releases the film that marks his debut as a Director: "North Atlantic".