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Tiago Mesquita

History

Tiago Mesquita is an award-winning director, cinematographer and producer with over twenty years of film experience in Europe, the USA, and across four continents. He combines robust technical expertise with a very personal, story-driven and artistic background. He is an award-winning director of "Cinequest," the feature film directing competition. Graduating with honours from the Los Angeles Film School on a scholarship from his national Ministry of Culture, he later taught film directing, film production and cinematography. Tiago is the studio head and lead producer of Crafted Films and Crafted United Industries, which combine production company, film financing and film studios (including full cinema equipment "A to Z" and full post-production facilities). Apart from his film training, his 25 years of traditional martial arts, mixed martial arts, and combat training serves him well when shooting ambitious action and fighting sequences. He worked with stunt teams from movies like "The Matrix," "Batman," "Transformers," "Rush Hour," and "Pirates of the Caribbean." Tiago also has a law degree, specializing in Cinema, European and International Law.

Movies

Among the Shadows

Among the Shadows

Cinematography

A private investigator must unravel the murder of her uncle while keeping the secret that she is a descendant from a line of werewolves.

Among the Shadows

Among the Shadows

Director

A private investigator must unravel the murder of her uncle while keeping the secret that she is a descendant from a line of werewolves.

Gutshot Straight

Gutshot Straight

Director of Photography

A professional poker player falls deep into underworld when he takes an unexpected wager from a mysterious high roller.

Gutshot Straight

Gutshot Straight

Producer

A professional poker player falls deep into underworld when he takes an unexpected wager from a mysterious high roller.

Music

Holding on to her child’s existence a woman’s war against the unseen powers...

Cinematography

Holding on to her child’s existence a woman’s war against the unseen powers...

Producer

Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and drugged. The next day, they wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape. Soon the true nature of their situation is revealed when they receive a phone call from the mysterious CEO of Carcharias, known only as The Employer. He informs them that they are about to experience the final interview, but it's not at all what they were expecting.

Director of Photography

Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and drugged. The next day, they wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape. Soon the true nature of their situation is revealed when they receive a phone call from the mysterious CEO of Carcharias, known only as The Employer. He informs them that they are about to experience the final interview, but it's not at all what they were expecting.

Cinematography

Seven friends reunite at an isolated summer cabin. Archie shows up with an axe to grind and begins acting a bit strange. Suddenly he goes missing, leaving the others to wonder whether he's coming back. The woods are a big place. Tough to find a lost pal, or see one coming.