Filipe Melo (born 13 September 1977) is a Portuguese musician, film director and comic book writer.

Early life

As a teenager, Filipe Melo was a computer hacker. At age 15, he was questioned by the police and he was denied access to computers for a few years.[1]

Music

An accomplished jazz pianist, Melo studied at the Hotclube in Lisbon and at the Berklee College of Music with Joanne Brackeen and Ray Santisi . In Portugal, he did sideman work for many international musicians including Benny Golson, Seamus Blake, Jorge Rossy, John Ellis, Omer Avital, Peter Bernstein, Donald Harrison, Andrea Bocelli, Jesse Davis, Paulinho Braga, Sheila Jordan, Herb Geller and Martin Taylor, among many others.

He has been working as an arranger and orchestrator for many artists, and composing original soundtracks for theatre and film.

Films

His first short film was I'll See You in My Dreams, winner of Fantasporto, a Méliès d'Argent[2] and 12 more international awards. I'll See You in My Dreams is now considered to be the first Portuguese zombie film.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote and directed "Um Mundo Catita" with Manuel João Vieira, a TV show in 6 episodes, and also directed 2 music videos for the band Moonspell. He has directed two short films: "Sleepwalk" (2018) and "The Lone Wolf" (2021). Both films won the Sophia Award for Best Short by the Portuguese Film Academy.

Comic Books

Melo is an Eisner and Harvey nominated author - His work has been published in many countries and languages. His latest book, “Ballad for Sophie” was published by Top Shelf Productions in 2022.

He also wrote The Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy, a series of three graphic novels Dark Horse Comics. The books feature forewords from filmmakers John Landis, George A. Romero, Tobe Hooper and Lloyd Kaufman. He frequently works with Argentinian artists Juan Cavia and Santiago Villa. In 2012 he was invited to write a story for the Eisner award-winning anthology Dark Horse Presents, also featuring works by Frank Miller and Mike Mignola.

He works with Argentinian artist Juan Cavia.

References

• http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/21-704/The-Untold-Tales-of-Dog-Mendonca-Pizzaboy-one-shot
• http://expresso.sapo.pt/bd-editora-norte-americana-dark-horse-vai-publicar-historia-de-filipe-melo-e-juan-cavia=f621461

Interview in Falar Criativo podcast

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