Hey! I’m Manuel Casanova and I'm a film director & creative from Lisbon, Portugal.

You can mostly find me on the road with musicians documenting their lives or on set shooting and directing music videos. When I'm not touring I do a lot of commercial and documentary work as a film director, cinematographer and photographer.

I’m also involved in strategizing the looks of artists’ releases and projects - making sure the visuals all line up together across all platforms, from the music videos, to the album cover, to the social media content.
A few years ago life took me to Australia where I also worked as Head of Content and Art Director for the Australian travel agency Paradise Adventure Travel in Cairns, QLD - creating a visual identity for the brand and directing loads of content based projects like short films.

I have a degree in Audiovisual & Multimedia from the Higher School of Communication and Media Studies in Lisbon, Portugal - but my real knowledge comes from shooting punk rock bands across the world since I was 18.

Fun fact: I’m also the frontman for a punk rock band called Bad Tomato.

Client list includes: Sony Music, Warner Records, Rocnation, Rock in Rio, MEO Sudoeste, Coheed & Cambria, Korn, Sum 41, Comeback Kid, Imagine Dragons, Japandroids & many others.

Let’s work together!

email_manuelcasanovagm@gmail.com