Vasco Pimentel

Sound · Acting · Editing · Directing

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.

Filmography

• 2026Providence and the Guitar — Guarda Florestal
• 2025Justa — Sound Designer
• 2025The Seasons — Sound
• 2024Grand Tour — Mr. Cooper, Sound Engineer
• 2021The Tsugua Diaries — Sound
• 2020Southern Sorceresses — Sound
• 2019Frankie — Sound Mixer
• 2019Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ? — Sound Editor, Mix Technician, Boom Operator
• 2019Partida — Sound Director
• 2019Six Portraits of Pain — Sound
• 20189 Fingers — Sound Editor
• 2018Acts of Cinema
• 2018Avenida Almirante Reis em 3 Andamentos — Sound Recordist
• 2018O Banquete — Sound Designer
• 2017Colo — Sound Designer
• 2017Vazante — Padre
• 2017Zeus — Sound Editor
• 2016John From — Sr. Pimentel
• 2015Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One — Sound Designer
• 2015Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One — Sound Designer
• 2015Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One — Sound Designer
• 2015The Secret Agent — Sound
• 2015Visit, or Memories and Confessions — Sound
• 2014Coro dos Amantes — Sound Director
• 2014Dreamocracy — Sound Mixer
• 2013Bobô — Sound
• 2013Here's the Deal — Sound Recordist
• 2013Wild Haggis — Sound
• 2012Tabu — Demonstration Spokesman / Pool House Owner, Sound
• 2012The Gift of Tears — Sound Designer
• 2011Cisne — Sound Director
• 2010Cinerama — Sound
• 2009April Showers — Sound Mixer
• 2009The Portuguese Nun — Sound Designer
• 2008Carnival: Looking for Paulo 'Miller' — Sound Recordist
• 2008From Now On — Repórter, Sound
• 2008Our Beloved Month of August — Sound Designer
• 2006Trance — Sound
• 2005The Face You Deserve — Sound Designer
• 2004In Favour of Light — Sound
• 2004Querença — Foley Artist
• 2004Visions of Europe — Sound Mixer
• 2003O Nome e o N.I.M. — Sound Mixer, Sound Editor
• 2003Wounded — Sound
• 2002Em Volta — Sound Designer
• 2002Low-Flying Aircraft — Sound Designer
• 20018 8 — Sound
• 2001Rending — Secretary Chief
• 2001Water and Salt — Sound
• 2000April Captains — Crowd Journalist
• 2000Bad — Sound Editor
• 1999Gloria — Sound Editor
• 1999Red River — Editor, Sound Designer
• 1998Dribbling Fate — Sound
• 1998Outros Bairros — Director
• 1998The Mutants — Sound Designer
• 1997Daily Chicken — Sound
• 1996Pandora — Sound
• 1995Antártida — Sound Designer
• 1995Fado, Major and Minor — Customer
• 1994Two Brothers, My Sister — Editor, Music, Sound Designer
• 1993Here on Earth — Sound
• 1992Alcibíades — Sound
• 1992No Dia dos Meus Anos — Sound Designer
• 1992Requiem for a Daffodil — Sound Mixer
• 1991Alex — Editor
• 1991Xavier — Sound
• 1990Lovely Child — Sound Designer
• 1990Malvadez — Sound Designer
• 1989A True and Faithful Account — Sound Director
• 1989Recollections of the Yellow House — Sound
• 1989The Seventh Letter — Sound
• 1988A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional — Sound
• 1988Doc's Kingdom — Sound
• 1988Hard Times — Sound Editor
• 1988Lounge Chair — Sound Mixer
• 1988Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss — Sound Designer
• 1988Three Less Me — Sound Designer
• 1987Serenity — Sound Designer, Editor
• 1987The Jester — Piano Player, Sound
• 1987The Mountains of the Moon — Sound Designer
• 1986A Portuguese Farewell — Sound, Sound Editor
• 1986Guardian of the Night — L'homme hold-up, Sound
• 1986Hovering Over the Water — Sound Designer
• 1986The Rose King — Sound Designer
• 1985Notre mariage — Sound
• 1984City of Pirates — Prison Guard (uncredited), Sound
• 1984Dead Man's Seat — Sound
• 1984Lisboa Cultural — Sound
• 1984Manoel’s Destinies — Professor, Sound Designer
• 1984Vanishing Point — Sound Designer
• 1982A Estrangeira — Sound Designer
• 1982Aspern — Sound
• 1982Silvestre — Sound
• 1982The Conversation Is Over — Sound
• 1981Oxalá — Sound
• 1981The Territory — Sound