Pedro Vargas Ionescu

Birth : 1964-02-20, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Movies

Lascados
Director of Photography
1994. Felipe, Burunga and Deco are three young friends who want to enjoy the carnival. To do this, they take an old 1970s van, used to sell hot dogs, and leave Sao Paulo for Bahia.
Slightly Out of Tune
Camera Operator
A group of friends come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called "Os Desafinados" and become a part of the groundbreaking Brazilian musical movement called Bossa Nova
Not by Chance
Director of Photography
Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of the two, the imponderable imposes itself and the uncontrol begins.
Antônia
Camera Operator
Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
1972
Additional Camera
Two teenagers from opposite sides of town, with very little in common except for their passion for music meet in 1970's Rio de Janeiro, at the height of the military dictatorship _ and of Brazil's booming underground rock scene.
Lara
Camera Operator
The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.
Criaturas Que Nasciam em Segredo
Focus Puller
João & Antônio
First Assistant Camera
A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
O Crime da Imagem
Focus Puller
Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes
Second Assistant Camera