Nationality Portuguese Height 1.83 m Area(s) Writer Spouse Roberta Nagel | Name Filipe Melo Salary 3.3 million EUR (2013) Role Footballer | |
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Born September 13, 1977 (age 47) Lisbon, Portugal ( 1977-09-13 ) Notable works The Adventures of Dog Mendonca and Pizzaboy Current team Inter Milan (#83 / Midfielder) Children Pietra Melo, David Melo, Lineker Melo, Luke Melo Similar People Fernando Muslera, Wesley Sneijder, Selcuk Inan, Burak Yilmaz, Stevan Jovetic Profiles | ||
Filipe melo
Filipe Melo is a Portuguese musician, film director and comic book writer.
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Music
An accomplished jazz pianist, Melo studied at the Hotclube in Lisbon and at the Berklee College of Music, in Boston. In Portugal, he did sideman work for many international musicians including Benny Golson, Seamus Blake, Jorge Rossy, John Ellis, Omer Avital, Peter Bernstein, Donald Harrison, Jesse Davis, Paulinho Braga, Sheila Jordan, Herb Geller and Martin Taylor.
Films
His first short film was I'll See You in My Dreams, winner of Fantasporto, a nominee for the Méliès d'Argent and 12 more international awards. I'll see you in my dreams is now considered to be the first Portuguese zombie film. He wrote and directed "Um Mundo Catita" with Manuel João Vieira, a TV show in 6 episodes, and also directed 2 music videos for the band Moonspell.
Comic Books
Melo wrote The Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy, a series of three graphic novels published by Tinta-da-China and Dark Horse Comics. The books feature forewords from legendary filmmakers John Landis, George A. Romero, Tobe Hooper and Lloyd Kaufman. He frequently works with Argentinian artists Juan Cavia and Santiago Villa. In 2012 he was invited to write a story for the Eisner winning anthology Dark Horse Presents, also featuring works by Frank Miller and Mike Mignola.