David Bonneville


David Bonneville is a London-based filmmaker.

Education and background

Bonneville received the University of Westminster academic Excellence scholarship for his MA in Screenwriting & Producing. He holds a Film Directing Diploma in the context of the Gulbenkian Foundation Arts Programme. David is also a Sound & Image BA graduate, having studied at the Catholic University of Portugal and the Pompeu Fabra University, in Spain. David speaks six languages: Portuguese, Spanish, and English fluently, also French, elementary Italian and Catalan.
Bonneville began his career by assisting Turner-Prize winner Douglas Gordon and centenarian Cannes Palme d'Or winner Manoel de Oliveira. He has also worked for the BBC.
David was an extra in Mike Leigh's period film "Peterloo".

Films

Cigano aka 'Gypsy' was funded by the Portuguese Film Board and premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival. It was SXSW Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival nominee and one of the 5 Golden Starfish at the Hamptons Film Festival.
L'Arc-en-Ciel was funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation and the RTP public TV Broadcaster. It has distribution with ArtCinema in Russia and it has aired on Porto Canal, Outtv Network, ZON TV, NOS and RTP2.
Heiko was broadcast on Rede Globo, MEO TV, ZON, Outtv Network, NOS and RTP. It is commercially distributed in the UK by Peccadillo Pictures. Heiko has screened at more than 70 festivals worldwide, taking Bonneville to the 58th Berlin Film Festival, and receiving nominations at film festivals in London, Paris, Lisbon, Toronto, New York, Hong-Kong and Melbourne.
Bonneville's feature debut, titled The Last Bath, has received funding from the National Center of Cinematography and the moving image, Radio and Television of Portugal, ICA and Eurimages. and will be set primarily in the Douro valley region of Portugal.

Selected filmography

Screendaily 2018-03-19.