Edgar Morais

Edgar Morais

Birthdate
June 25, 1989 (35 years old)
Place of Birth
Coimbra, Portugal
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 25, 1989 (35 years old)
Place of Birth
Coimbra, Portugal
Known For
Acting

Biography

Edgar Morais is a Portuguese actor, director, screenwriter, and film editor living in New York. Edgar won the award for Best Actor at Prishtina International Film Festival and the Best Acting award at Cineuphoria for his performance in Albania's official Oscar submission A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On, for which he received rave reviews from international press such as Variety and Screen International. His directorial works include Heatstroke which screened in competition at PÖFF Shorts, Maryland Film Festival, IndieLisboa and others and We Won't Forget which screened at over 25 festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Hamptons, Woodstock, Tirana, Dresden, Rooftop Films, IndieLisboa and Rio de Janeiro and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize and the award for Best Editing at Castrovillari, and the Honorable Mention at FEST New Directors New Films. The film was also nominated for a Portuguese Academy Award (Sophia) for Best Short Film and was selected as Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week.

Edgar Morais's LGBTQ+ Titles

Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
Franco

Acting (15)

2024
The Worst Man in London as Simeon Solomon
2023
Lovely, Dark, and Deep as James Moore
2022
Remains of the Wind as Amílcar
2022
A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On as Gezim
2021
We Won't Forget
2020
Chasing Eagle Rock as Jaffa
2018
Marfa Girl 2 as Zaden
2018
You See the Moon
2017
Good Time as Arcade Guy (uncredited)
2014
Greece as Greek Boy
2012
The Napkin as Edgar
2009
Ctrl as Jeremy (10 episodes)
2009
Fault Line
2008
From Now On as Nelson

Directing (3)

It Was Them • Director
• Director
2021
We Won't Forget • Director
• Director
2019
Heatstroke • Director
• Director

Production (3)

It Was Them • Producer
• Producer
2021
We Won't Forget • Producer
• Producer
2019
Heatstroke • Producer
• Producer

Editing (2)

2021
We Won't Forget • Editor
• Editor
2019
Heatstroke • Editor
• Editor

Writing (3)

It Was Them • Writer
• Writer
2021
We Won't Forget • Writer
• Writer
2019
Heatstroke • Screenplay
• Screenplay