Pedro Dias Lemos

Biography: Pedro Dias Lemos is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker born in Rio de Janeiro. In 2018, he graduated with a Bachelor of Social Communication - Radio and TV from the School of Communication at UFRJ, and in 2023 he completed the professional course for actors at CAL - Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras. He is the founder of the film production company Aquidabana. Pedro directed and edited the short film "Pipa e As Ruínas do Tesouro" (Rio de Cinema and Aquidabana, 2024). He directed the 2nd season of the web series "Cidadão Não, Ator" (2022), in which he was also a supporting actor. For this work, he was nominated for Best Comedy Directing at the Rio Webfest and the show was nominated for Best Comedy and Best Brazilian Series. Pedro also directed music videos, such as "Única" (2022), by actress and singer Ingrid Manzini, and "Olho no Olho" (2023), by Tziu feat. Yanick Jannotti. Both are available on YouTube. In 2025, he was camera operator and acting coach for the cast of the short film "Azul" (Obscvra and Aquidabana, 2025), written and directed by Luísa Pinheiro. He was camera operator in the feature film "Alarme Silencioso" (MPC Filmes, 2022), directed by Ricardo Favilla. The film premiered at the Festival do Rio in 2024. Pedro was the cinematographer and editor of the documentary "Hora da Merenda" (MPC Filmes, 2023), directed by Ricardo Favilla, and camera operator and editor of the documentary "O Futuro do Agora - Um Olhar Sobre a Educação" (MPC Filmes, 2025), also directed by Ricardo Favilla. He was camera operator in the short film "Garoto Maravilha e o Futuro Perdido", written and directed by Bernardo Lins, and in 2024 he was 1st AC and a supporting actor in the short film "Corrida pra Seattle" (Carvão Filmes, 2024), directed by Gabriel Saraiva for the 48h Film Festival. Between 2019 and 2022, he occasionally contributed as a screenwriter and actor to "Parafernalha", a well known YouTube channel in Brazil. In theater, he played: the Architect in an adaptation of the play "The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria", by Fernando Arrabal, directed by Paula Muricy in november 2024; Rafa in an adaptation of the movie "Entre Nós", by Paulo Morelli, directed by Ingrid Manzini in December 2023; Richard in a version of "The Hours", by Michael Cunningham, directed by Menelick de Carvalho in June 2023; Joe Pitt in an adaptation of "Angels in America", by Tony Kushner, directed by Anna Helena Madruga in December 2022; and Antenor in "A Escada", by Jorge Andrade, directed by David Herman in July 2022. In 2019, he participated in the FENF - Festival de Esquetes de Nova Friburgo with the scene "Vôo", which won Best Text and Best Sketch.