Edson da Conceicao (Rotterdam, 1987) studied Fiction Directing at the Netherlands Film Academy.

In his third year, he made the short film EINDHALTE, which was selected for the Short Cutz film festival as well as the international Go Short film festival.

Edson graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy with two short films. MANIA reached the semifinals of the Buenos Aires International Film Festival and won the awards for ‘Best Student Foreign’ and ‘Best Visual Effects’ at the Upstate New York Horror Film Festival.

His directing work on PORFOTTO earned multiple awards. At the Keep an Eye Festival, PORFOTTO won the Topkapi Award for ‘Best Fiction Film’, the ‘Best Student Live Action’ award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in Ireland, and the ‘Best Actor’ & ‘Best Film’ awards at the Da Bounce Film Festival. PORFOTTO was nominated for the Tuschinski Award at the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF), placing it in the top 3 ‘Best Graduation Films’ in the Netherlands. It was also nominated for the AHK Graduation Prize and was a finalist for the 47th Student Academy Awards.

Both MANIA and PORFOTTO premiered at the NFF.

Edson directed the short film LAATSTE RIT (IJswater Films) for the 20th edition of KORT!.

He worked as co-director on the film DE STERFSHOW, which premiered at the NFF

in 2021. Afterward, Edson worked as co-director on the series RAMPVLUCHT, which won a Golden Calf for Best Drama Series.

In 2024 and 2025, Edson is working on his feature film VERLOREN ZOON, produced by IJswater Films and written by Edson and Philip Delmaar. He is also currently working as a creative and director on a new crime series for Videoland.