"I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father...because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them."
--Ronaldinho
--Ronaldinho
WHO AM I?
Creativity, hard work, passion and ambition drive me.
Born in middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Sao Miguel island, Azores. Yet grew up in Toronto, Canada. I'm Tiago Bettencourt and I'm a BYU student studying film studies and filmmaking. Yet, from a young age, I love watching motion pictures drive by in front of my eyes at twenty frames per second.
Born in middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Sao Miguel island, Azores. Yet grew up in Toronto, Canada. I'm Tiago Bettencourt and I'm a BYU student studying film studies and filmmaking. Yet, from a young age, I love watching motion pictures drive by in front of my eyes at twenty frames per second.
"Expect nothing, appreciate everything." -- Buddha
The first thing I did with filmmaking: screenwriting. I wrote my first stories at twelve years old.
My first story was originally written as a novel manuscript, that's how I learned in school. It was 400 pages long and took three months--it was just a first draft. |
Then I learned about screenwriting. So, I tried writing a script and fell in love. Yes, it is harder, but it is so much more exciting and invokes more thought as I strive to make the unseen, seen.
My first short film was created in March 2015 with friends from my church Youth group of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I directed and edited it for a youth activity--a small film festival. It was about how we serve our community. I was not expecting for it to win 'Best Director.'
Yet, I still have lots to learn about filmmaking and already learned so much since that first short video.
So, I started learning more about filmmaking. I already was into photography, but felt a little limited to the types of stories I could tell. So, when I made more short films, I was enveloped in motion picture making and knew I found what I wanted to do for the rest of
my life.
I am an enthusiastic filmmaker!
Yet, I still have lots to learn about filmmaking and already learned so much since that first short video.
So, I started learning more about filmmaking. I already was into photography, but felt a little limited to the types of stories I could tell. So, when I made more short films, I was enveloped in motion picture making and knew I found what I wanted to do for the rest of
my life.
I am an enthusiastic filmmaker!
Thank you for your time reading my biography!
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