I’m a director, editor and photographer working across television, documentary, music video and commercial work. I also work as a creative researcher, collaborating with directors on treatments and visual development. Over the last 15 years, I’ve worked with a range of producers, directors and artists within the Portuguese audiovisual and music industries, combining technical rigor with a strong creative perspective, from concept through to final edit. I continue to collaborate across editorial, direction and photography projects, developing treatments and visual concepts with a hands-on approach from concept through to delivery, while freelancing on music videos, documentaries and branded content in Portugal and beyond.

Diana Mendes

I’m a director, editor and photographer working across television, documentary, music video and commercial work. I also work as a creative researcher, collaborating with directors on treatments and visual development. Over the last 15 years, I’ve worked with a range of producers, directors and artists within the Portuguese audiovisual and music industries, combining technical rigor with a strong creative perspective, from concept through to final edit. I continue to collaborate across editorial, direction and photography projects, developing treatments and visual concepts with a hands-on approach from concept through to delivery, while freelancing on music videos, documentaries and branded content in Portugal and beyond.

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I’m a director, editor and photographer working across television, documentary, music video and commercial work. I also work as a creative researcher, collaborating with directors on treatments and visual development. Over the last 15 years, I’ve worked with a range of producers, directors and artists within the Portuguese audiovisual and music industries, combining technical rigor with a strong creative perspective, from concept through to final edit.

I continue to collaborate across editorial, direction and photography projects, developing treatments and visual concepts with a hands-on approach from concept through to delivery, while freelancing on music videos, documentaries and branded content in Portugal and beyond.

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Director / Editor / Photographer at CIRCUITO LISBOA
January 1, 2021 - Present
Documentary series — 10 × 5’; Portraits of bands and venues during the pandemic in Lisbon
Director / Editor / Photographer at FREELANCER
January 1, 2022 - Present
Freelance music videos and branded content (Traz O Que é Meu - Dreia; Hoy No Salgo - Soluna; Contigo - Soluna & iolanda; Lafeta Uti - Bruno Pernadas; etc.)
Director / Editor / Photographer at SHOT&CUT FILMS
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
Music videos and branded content; Para de Lutar - Dreia (2025); BP Advocates - BP Portugal (2025); BP Ultimates - BP Portugal (2024); 3 films
Assistant Editor at Teatro Nacional D.Maria II / Maus da Fita
January 1, 2025 - Present
Documentary project; Assistant editor
Producer / Director at Ginásio 77
January 1, 2025 - Present
Documentary - 60’; Directors: Rogério Queiroz, Tiago Brandão; Producer: Plainpath Studio
Director at FAMILIES FROM HERE
January 1, 2025 - Present
Documentary series (6 × 30’) for RTP; Director
Director at SOU MENINO PARA IR
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Season 4; Web series, 1 season (8 × 20’); Season 3 (2020) 2 seasons (8 × 20’)
Director at SOU MENINO PARA IR
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Season 3; Web series, 2 seasons (8 × 20’)

Education

MA in Aesthetics & Artistic Studies: Art And Political Cultures at FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon
January 1, 2025 - June 21, 2026
Post-Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts: Photography and Post-Cinema at FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
BA in Audiovisual and Multimedia at ESCS - Lisbon School of Communication and Media
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011
Studio Photography Workshop at Portuguese Photography Institute
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Creative Writing Workshop at CASA DAS LETRAS
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Reimagining the Empire: Anti-Colonial Film Projections at HANGAR
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Media and Gender - Short Course at LUSÓFONA UNIVERSITY
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Introduction to Film (Analog Cinema) - Workshop at RESTART
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Screenwriting Workshop at ESCREVER ESCREVER
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2008

Qualifications

MA in Aesthetics & Artistic Studies: Art And Political Cultures
January 1, 2025 - June 21, 2026
Post-Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts: Photography and Post-Cinema
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
BA in Audiovisual and Multimedia
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011
Studio Photography Workshop
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Creative Writing Workshop
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Reimagining the Empire: Anti-Colonial Film Projections
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Media and Gender - Short Course
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Introduction to Film (Analog Cinema) - Workshop
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Screenwriting Workshop
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2008

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Other