--- name: "António Campos" canonical: "https://film.one/person/antonio-campos" fi1m_id: "antonio-campos" imdb_id: "nm1290515" tmdb_id: 56369 wikidata_id: "Q2857223" roles: ["Director","Producer"] born: "24 August 1983" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "director" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-17T13:23:00.144597+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # António Campos ## Identity António Campos - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/antonio-campos - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** antonio-campos - **IMDb ID:** nm1290515 - **TMDB ID:** 56369 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2857223 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Campos_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2857223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56369 Director and producer. Born 24 August 1983 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Producer - **Born:** 24 August 1983, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 2011–present - **Also known as:** Antonio Campos - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 directing, 1 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Craig Shilowich](https://film.one/person/craig-shilowich.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 71 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Campos_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2857223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56369 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Staircase*](https://film.one/tv/the-staircase-2022.md) (75) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Christine*](https://film.one/film/christine.md) (68) - **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on António Campos > Antonio Campos gives troubled people time to make us uneasy, often with little cutting and plenty of space around them. We value his work with actors, though *The Beast in Me* shows how readily atmosphere can outlast a story. Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys test one another in *The Beast in Me* (2025), and the unease comes from their encounters rather than an investigation moving briskly along. This is territory Antonio Campos knows: troubled people watched closely, with time allowed for discomfort to grow. We felt tense watching those encounters because Danes and Rhys kept the uncertainty between them alive. The difficulty is sustaining that interest across eight parts. Campos is good at making us watch, but this series also exposes the limits of waiting. His feature debut, *Afterschool* (2009), established his interest in media and detached observation. *Simon Killer* (2012) brought a more fluid camera to a troubled protagonist's psychological descent. The broad compositions and stretches with little cutting can make watching these people uncomfortable, though the distance can also become clinical. *Christine* (2016), about journalist Christine Chubbuck, is also a useful reminder of his skill with actors, whom he gives room to work while making targeted adjustments. *The Devil All the Time* (2020) took him into larger-scale storytelling without abandoning troubled characters. Television gave those interests more space, including *The Staircase* (2022), which he created, wrote and directed. His camera changes with the person being followed, rather than applying the same chilly distance to everyone. That flexibility matters when so much of his work asks us to spend time with people whose motives are uncertain. In *The Beast in Me*, he shares directing duties with Lila Neugebauer and Tyne Rafaeli, so the series' strengths and failings cannot simply be assigned to him. Lyle Vincent's cinematography gives the encounters a horror-film unease, and Loren Weeks's production design supplies a glossy finish. The polish is sometimes too comfortable for the threat. Once the relationship stops developing, the careful presentation has less to offer. We wanted the writing to give these performers something new to do, not another carefully prepared encounter. Try *The Beast in Me* if a slow psychological thriller appeals, with Danes and Rhys as the reason to persist. There is enough tension in their scenes together to justify some patience of our own. Allow for stretches when the cast has to work harder than the writing. ## Biography Antonio Campos is a Brazilian-American filmmaker and producer. Born on 24 August 1983 in New York City, he co-founded the production company Borderline Films with Sean Durkin and Josh Mond. He made his feature debut with *Afterschool* (2008), which premiered at Cannes. Subsequent films include *Simon Killer* (2012), *Christine* (2016) and *The Devil All the Time* (2020), which he also wrote. He has directed episodes of television series including *The Sinner* (2017–2018), *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017) and *The Staircase* (2022), which he created and wrote. Campos directed four episodes of the Netflix series *The Beast in Me* (2025), on which he also served as executive producer. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Directed (3) — the average rests on these - *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) - *The Staircase* (2022), Fi1m 75, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-staircase-2022.md) - *Christine* (2016), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md) ### Produced (1) - *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md) ## Complete filmography (30) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Bouchra* (2026), Thanks - *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md) - *Atropia* (2025), Thanks - *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) - *Christmas Eve in Miller's Point* (2024), Thanks - *The Staircase* (2022), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-staircase-2022.md) - *The Devil All the Time* (2020), Screenplay, Director - *Homemade* (2020), series, Writer, Director - *Piercing* (2019), Producer - *Katie Says Goodbye* (2018), Executive Producer - *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017), series, Director - *The Sinner* (2017), series, Director - *The Eyes of My Mother* (2016), Executive Producer - *Christine* (2016), Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md) - *Mar de Sines* (2016), Production Executive - *James White* (2015), Producer - *Digits* (2015), as Keith - *The Sleepwalker* (2014), Thanks - *1009* (2013), Producer - *Karaoke!* (2013), as Simon K. · Executive Producer - *Keep the Lights On* (2012), Thanks - *Simon Killer* (2012), Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor - *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md) - *Two Gates of Sleep* (2010), Executive Producer - *Mary Last Seen* (2010), Producer - *Afterschool* (2009), Writer, Editor, Director - *The Last 15* (2007), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - *Doris* (2006), Producer - *Buy It Now* (2005), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer - *Splitfoot*, Writer ## Gallery - ![14th Athens International Film Festival Antonio Campos (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/23583/gallery-370ad11aa21b.jpg) 14th Athens International Film Festival Antonio Campos (2008) — Zurrenarh from Athens, Greece, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Antonio_Campos_%282909739290%29.jpg/1280px-Antonio_Campos_%282909739290%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![António Campos](https://film.one/media/person/23583/gallery-0d98054ec0dc.jpg) António Campos — Zurrenarh from Athens, Greece, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Antonio_Campos_%282909739290%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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