Pedro Henrique Portugal

Originally from Imperatriz, Maranhão, he works as an actor, director, playwright, producer, educator, and visual artist, primarily based in the city of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. He began his academic journey in the Performing Arts degree program at the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), completing his studies in 2025. In 2026, he enrolled in a Master’s program in Performing Arts at the same institution. He participated in the second season of the “MA-Microconversas Artísticas” (Artistic Micro-conversations) program, where he worked on video editing under the mentorship of professors Neide das Graças de Souza Bortolini and Éden Peretta.

His first short film, “Está Tudo Bem” (“Everything Is Fine”), was produced in 2021. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was written, directed, and edited by Portugal, with performances and lighting design by artist Pedro Methner. The short film was featured in the 6th Imperatriz Theater Showcase in 2021 and screened at the 1st Ouro Preto Independent Film Showcase in 2023. Also in 2023, he served as a camera operator and video editor for the extension project TEU (Experimental Theater of UFOP). This project, which explores collective creation in dance-theater, presented the production “Ato I” (“Act I”), directed by Brian Barzague and Gustavo Maia. In 2025, he joined the production team for the short film “Pequeno Tratado Amoroso” (“A Small Treatise on Love”), serving as a producer, video editor, and graphic designer. The film was directed by Millena Tobias, written by Millena Tobias and Otávio Marlon, and starred Diego Bernardo and Ramón Azebedo. The project was selected through a call for proposals under the Aldir Blanc National Policy in the state of Minas Gerais. Loosely based on one of the pieces from the work "Tropeço" by Anderson Feliciano, it tells the story of a romantic relationship between two Black men in the city of Ouro Preto.