João Canijo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 10, 1957, Porto, Portugal
- Died
- January 29, 2026
- Movies
- 32
João Canijo (born 10 December, 1957; Porto) is a Portuguese filmmaker. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film Blood of My Blood was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. His 2023 film Bad Living won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Before his directorial debut, Canijo worked as assistant director for Wim Wenders in The State of Things (1982) and for Werner Schroeter in Der Rosenkönig (1986).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | O Pomar | Pai |
| 2016 | The Day of My Wedding | |
| 2016 | Los Barcos | |
| 2015 | Here in Lisbon | (segment "Los Barcos") |
| 1994 | Lisbon Story | Crook |
| 1990 | Step by Step |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | Bad Living | Director, Writer |
| 2023 | Living Bad | Director, Screenplay |
| 2020 | Fojos | Director |
| 2017 | Diary of Beiras | Director |
| 2017 | Fátima | Director, Screenplay |
| 2016 | The Day of My Wedding | Director |
| 2015 | Portugal: One Day at a Time | Director |
| 2013 | That's Love | Director, Writer |
| 2012 | Raul Brandão was a Great Writer... | Director, Screenplay |
| 2012 | Obligation | Writer, Director |
| 2011 | Blood of My Blood | Writer, Director |
| 2011 | The Actor's Work | Director |
| 2010 | Lusitanian Illusion | Director, Writer |
| 2007 | Misbegotten | Writer, Director |
| 2006 | Mãe Há Só Uma | Producer, Director |
| 2004 | In the Darkness of the Night | Director, Screenplay |
| 2003 | Fugas.pt | Director |
| 2002 | A Audição | Director |
| 2001 | Get a Life | Writer, Director |
| 2000 | Tarde Demais | Writer |
| 1998 | Black Shoes | Writer, Director |
| 1990 | Lovely Child | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | Crimes do Coração | Writer |
| 1988 | Three Less Me | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | No One Twice | Screenplay |
| 1984 | Half in Love | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
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