Vasco Pimentel

Vasco Pimentel

Known for
Sound

Biography

Vasco Pimentel is a renowned Portuguese sound engineer and sound designer. He studied music in the National Conservatory, and film at the National School of Theater and Cinema in Lisbon. His professional work spans from being sound designer and sound engineer in film and theater, filmmaker, music composer for theatre and feature length films, as well as visual artist. Since 1979, Vasco Pimentel has been active in more than 130 feature-length films and numerous documentaries and short-films. Some notable projects have been in collaboration with film directors such as Wim Wenders, Raul Ruiz, Werner Schroeter, Samuel Fuller, Vincent Gallo, Fred Kelemen, Robert Kramer, João Cesar Monteiro, Miguel Gomes, and Teresa Villaverde.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Savagery poster

Savagery

Movie · Sound Designer

2025
The Seasons poster

The Seasons

Movie · Sound

2025
Justa poster

Justa

Movie · Sound Designer

2024
Grand Tour poster

Grand Tour

Movie · Sound Engineer

2021
The Tsugua Diaries poster

The Tsugua Diaries

Movie · Sound

2020
Southern Sorceresses poster

Southern Sorceresses

Movie · Sound

2019
Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ? poster

Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?

Movie · Boom Operator, Sound Editor

2019
Frankie poster

Frankie

Movie · Sound Mixer

2019
Six Portraits of Pain poster

Six Portraits of Pain

Movie · Sound

2019
Partida poster

Partida

Movie · Sound Director

2018
O Banquete poster

O Banquete

Movie · Sound Designer

2018
9 Fingers poster

9 Fingers

Movie · Sound Editor

2018
Avenida Almirante Reis em Três Andamentos poster

Avenida Almirante Reis em Três Andamentos

Movie · Sound Recordist

2017
Colo poster

Colo

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
Zeus poster

Zeus

Movie · Sound Editor

2015
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One poster

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One

Movie · Sound Designer

2015
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One poster

Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One

Movie · Sound Designer

2015
Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One poster

Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One

Movie · Sound Designer

2015
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · Sound

2015
Visit, or Memories and Confessions poster

Visit, or Memories and Confessions

Movie · Sound

2014
Coro dos Amantes poster

Coro dos Amantes

Movie · Sound Director

2014
Dreamocracy poster

Dreamocracy

Movie · Sound Mixer

2013
Here's the Deal poster

Here's the Deal

Movie · Sound Recordist

2013
Wild Haggis poster

Wild Haggis

Movie · Sound

2013
Bobô poster

Bobô

Movie · Sound

2012
The Gift of Tears poster

The Gift of Tears

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
Tabu poster

Tabu

Movie · Sound

2011
Cisne poster

Cisne

Movie · Sound Director

2010
Cinerama poster

Cinerama

Movie · Sound

2009
The Portuguese Nun poster

The Portuguese Nun

Movie · Sound Designer

2009
April Showers poster

April Showers

Movie · Sound Mixer

2008
Our Beloved Month of August poster

Our Beloved Month of August

Movie · Sound Designer

2008
From Now On poster

From Now On

Movie · Sound

2006
Trance poster

Trance

Movie · Sound

2005
The Face You Deserve poster

The Face You Deserve

Movie · Sound Designer

2004
In Favour of Light

In Favour of Light

Movie · Sound

2004
Querença poster

Querença

Movie · Foley Artist

2004
Visions of Europe poster

Visions of Europe

Movie · Sound Mixer

2003
O Nome e o N.I.M.

O Nome e o N.I.M.

Movie · Sound Editor, Sound Mixer

2003
Wounded poster

Wounded

Movie · Sound

2002
Low-Flying Aircraft poster

Low-Flying Aircraft

Movie · Sound Designer

2002
Em Volta poster

Em Volta

Movie · Sound Designer

2001
Water and Salt poster

Water and Salt

Movie · Sound

2001
8 8 poster

8 8

Movie · Sound

2000
Bad poster

Bad

Movie · Sound Editor

1999
Red River poster

Red River

Movie · Sound Designer

1999
Gloria poster

Gloria

Movie · Sound Editor

1998
The Mutants poster

The Mutants

Movie · Sound Designer

1998
Dribbling Fate poster

Dribbling Fate

Movie · Sound

1997
Daily Chicken poster

Daily Chicken

Movie · Sound

1996
Pandora poster

Pandora

Movie · Sound

1995
Antártida poster

Antártida

Movie · Sound Designer

1994
Two Brothers, My Sister poster

Two Brothers, My Sister

Movie · Music, Sound Designer

1993
Here on Earth poster

Here on Earth

Movie · Sound

1992
Alcibíades

Alcibíades

Movie · Sound

1992
Requiem for a Daffodil

Requiem for a Daffodil

Movie · Sound Mixer

1992
No Dia dos Meus Anos poster

No Dia dos Meus Anos

Movie · Sound Designer

1991
Xavier poster

Xavier

Movie · Sound

1990
Malvadez poster

Malvadez

Movie · Sound Designer

1990
Lovely Child poster

Lovely Child

Movie · Sound Designer

1989
Recollections of the Yellow House poster

Recollections of the Yellow House

Movie · Sound

1989
A True and Faithful Account poster

A True and Faithful Account

Movie · Sound Director

1989
The Seventh Letter poster

The Seventh Letter

Movie · Sound

1988
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss poster

Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

Movie · Sound Designer

1988
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

Movie · Sound Editor

1988
Three Less Me poster

Three Less Me

Movie · Sound Designer

1988
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional

A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional

Movie · Sound

1988
Lounge Chair poster

Lounge Chair

Movie · Sound Mixer

1988
Doc's Kingdom poster

Doc's Kingdom

Movie · Sound

1987
Serenity poster

Serenity

Movie · Sound Designer

1987
The Mountains of the Moon poster

The Mountains of the Moon

Movie · Sound Designer

1987
The Jester poster

The Jester

Movie · Sound

1986
Guardian of the Night poster

Guardian of the Night

Movie · Sound

1986
Hovering Over the Water poster

Hovering Over the Water

Movie · Sound Designer

1986
A Portuguese Farewell poster

A Portuguese Farewell

Movie · Sound, Sound Editor

1986
The Rose King poster

The Rose King

Movie · Sound

1985
Notre mariage

Notre mariage

Movie · Sound

1984
Lisboa Cultural poster

Lisboa Cultural

Movie · Sound

1984
Manoel’s Destinies poster

Manoel’s Destinies

Movie · Sound Designer

1984
Dead Man's Seat poster

Dead Man's Seat

Movie · Sound

1984
City of Pirates poster

City of Pirates

Movie · Sound

1984
Vanishing Point poster

Vanishing Point

Movie · Sound Designer

1982
Aspern poster

Aspern

Movie · Sound

1982
A Estrangeira poster

A Estrangeira

Movie · Sound Designer

1982
The Conversation Is Over poster

The Conversation Is Over

Movie · Sound

1982
Silvestre poster

Silvestre

Movie · Sound

1981
Oxalá poster

Oxalá

Movie · Sound

1981
The Territory poster

The Territory

Movie · Sound