About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1989-06-25
Place of birth:
Coimbra, Portugal
Website:
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Edgar Morais

Overview

Edgar Morais is a Portuguese actor, director, screenwriter, and film editor living in New York. Edgar won the award for Best Actor at Prishtina International Film Festival and the Best Acting award at Cineuphoria for his performance in Albania's official Oscar submission A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On, for which he received rave reviews from international press such as Variety and Screen International. His directorial works include Heatstroke which screened in competition at PÖFF Shorts, Maryland Film Festival, IndieLisboa and others and We Won't Forget which screened at over 25 festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Hamptons, Woodstock, Tirana, Dresden, Rooftop Films, IndieLisboa and Rio de Janeiro and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize and the award for Best Editing at Castrovillari, and the Honorable Mention at FEST New Directors New Films. The film was also nominated for a Portuguese Academy Award (Sophia) for Best Short Film and was selected as Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week.

Known for

Acting
2024 The Worst Man in London Actor Simeon Solomon 58
Average
2023 Lovely, Dark, and Deep Actor James Moore 57
Average
2022 Remains of the Wind Actor Amílcar 59
Average
2022 A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On Actor Gezim 58
Average
2021 We Won't Forget Actor 58
Average
2020 Chasing Eagle Rock Actor Jaffa 58
Average
2018 Marfa Girl 2 Actor Zaden 58
Average
2018 You See the Moon Actor 59
Average
2017 Good Time Actor Arcade Guy (uncredited) 70
Good
2014 Greece Actor Greek Boy N/A
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2012 The Napkin Actor Edgar N/A
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2012 Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean Actor Franco 58
Average
2009 Fault Line Actor N/A
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2009 Ctrl Actor Jeremy 69
Fair
2008 From Now On Actor Nelson 58
Average

Directing
2021 We Won't Forget Directing Director 58
Average
2019 Heatstroke Directing Director 58
Average
It Was Them Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 We Won't Forget Writing Writer 58
Average
2019 Heatstroke Writing Screenplay 58
Average
It Was Them Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2021 We Won't Forget Production Producer 58
Average
2019 Heatstroke Production Producer 58
Average
It Was Them Production Producer N/A
N/A

Editing
2021 We Won't Forget Editing Editor 58
Average
2019 Heatstroke Editing Editor 58
Average