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 and commercial campaigns. When I'm not touring I do a lot of commercial and documentary work as a film director 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