Sérgio Graciano

Director

Sérgio Graciano is a Portuguese film and television director with an extensive body of work. He made his feature film debut with Assim Assim (2010). He spent two years in Angola, where he headed fiction production at Semba Comunicação and directed Njinga – A Rainha de Angola (2013), which received two awards from the African Film Academy. His subsequent feature films include Uma Vida à Espera (2016), winner of the Audience Award at FESTin, Adrift (2017) and Bloodlines (2018), co-directed with Manuel Pureza. He also directed O Som que Desce na Terra (2021) and Salgueiro Maia – The Implicated (2022). His television work has earned him an International Emmy Award for Laços de Sangue. His more recent projects include The Englishman's Papers (2024), Playback (2026) and Memories of Prison (2026).