What is the nationality of the director of Night Train to Lisbon ?
Night Train to Lisbon (film) Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the 2004 novel "Night Train to Lisbon" by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann, the film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life to embark on a thrilling intellectual adventure that takes him on a journey to the very heart of himself. The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
João Mário Grilo João Mário Lourenço Bagão Grilo (born 1958-11-08) is a Portuguese film director, author and professor, born in Figueira da Foz. He attended economics at the University of Coimbra but dropped out. In 1983, he graduated in sociology at Lisbon's ISCTE and in 1994 earned a Ph.D. in communication sciences from the New University of Lisbon. He is a full Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the New University of Lisbon, where, among other courses, he teaches Filmology and Film Direction.