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Peter P. Gudo (Born Penasbugo Guido Langisse Gudo on 12 June 1994 in Sofala, Mozambique;) is a Mozambican Actor, Film Producer, CEO and President of Nigma Pictures Entertainment. Peter has starred, written and produced numerous films, and dramatic feature films. Peter is known for playing the modest child in Tony Magmar's Manungo, among various other roles. Gudo formed a film production company, Nigma Pictures, in 2011 to develop projects for film and television and Provide Production Services to in international producers wanting to film in Mozambique. Peter has been involved in the Film industry since he was 13 years old.

In Late 2010, Gudo began writing screenplays for Blue Art Films, a Mozambican Movie production company, where he was the producer, before he Founded Nigma Pictures Entertainment.

Early life and family
Peter was born in Dondo, Sofala the son of Ines Simbe, a subsistence farmer, and Guido Langisse Gudo, a Train Conductor. He has a brother (Aboobakar Gudo) and a sister (Tracy Gudo). His father disappeared from Maputo Central Hospital on the 2nd of February 2007. Peter grew up in Dondo District, Sofala Province. while living there, he attended Escola 25 de Setembro, a primary school in Sofala.

His father and his mother split up when Peter was 2 years old and Peter went living with his mother from 1996 - 2000, and Peter was present during the floods of 2000 in Mozambique.

Peter says" in 2005, my father was getting sick, extremely sick and he had checked in at Beira Central Hospital, he only stayed there for 2 weeks, then when we went to visit him, he was gone and nobody had seen him, 3 weeks later we got a call from the CFF-Beira, where he was working as the chief Manager before they took his job and sent him to work at CCFM-dondo as a Train Conductor. some people say his spirit guided him to his former job but I say no. When Peter was asked by Screen Africa website why he says no? Peter didn't wanted to talk about the issue any further. After finding Peter's father at his former job, by the way there are rumors that Peter's Father had Alzheimer but this fact is not supported by any evidence.

in Later, 2006, Peter and his father where advised at the hospital to try at the Maputo Central Hospital in Maputo for Medical Treatment and that at Beira Central Hospital, they didn't have the type of medicine for that particular disease.

In 2007,Peter, his brother and father packed their bags to the capital city of Maputo Province, and Peter says" That's when he checked in to the Maputo Central Hospital on the first of February and When my brother and I went to visit him on the 2nd he was gone- and nobody had seen him leaving the hospital, since then till now I am not sure what happened to my father and it was tough to believe that I didn't even have the chance to say goodbye to him.

In August 2012, Peter graduated from Josina Machel high School in Maputo and he was the first in his family to have the opportunity to graduate from High School.

Acting career
At age 13, Peter was discovered by director Tony Magmar, who cast him in the film Manungo. Gudo played the lead role of Manungo, a child who tries to live in a country alone after the war. the filming took place in Zimbabwe in 2007 and in 2008, Peter was cast again to play the role of Negrito in African Child, also directed by Tony Magmar. The movie was not finished due to Toni's sudden death in June 2008. Then, Peter started reading acting books at the Maputo National Library, "The Library was my second home, that's where I learned most of the things about acting, I spent the entire year of 2009, reading books and practice, my schedule was like, wake and go to the library,come back practice basketball, then do school reading and at 5PM go to school, that was my schedule for over one year" Peter says,

in 2010, Peter was offered to play the role of Tigre in Children's Republic working alongside Danny Glover. While, shooting the film, Peter met with writer,Franck Moisnard and he developed the interest in Screenwriting and producing, Peter wrote his first script "Capitalization, which was later directed by Guido Brothers.

in 2011, Peter founded his own film production company, his company's main focus is in the Production of feature films geared towards the international market, his company's name is NIGMA PICTURES. Gudo also is the founder of Nigma Hosting a web-domain company with its headquarters in Maputo and Nigma Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Chimoio- Mozambique. where his mother and his Younger sister, Tracy Live.

In 2012, Peter performed in front of 1000 people at the Chissano conference center in Maputo during the Global Issues service Summit, where he was also one of the participating members at the American International School of Mozambique, in the same year Peter was regarded as the Youngest African and Mozambican Film Producer at the Business section of the Screen Africa Website.

Production credits
Since 2010, Peter has increased his role as a film producer. He headed up the production team at Blue Art Filmes for several short films, in 2012, With his Production Company, Nigma Pictures, Peter, Co-Produced the British 8 Times Award winning TV- Series "Strike Back Season 3 directed by Bill Eagles, in which Peter was involved as a Local Co-Producer for the filming sequences took place in Maputo-Mozambique, where he worked with Lance Samuels- he Producer of Bang Bang Theory and Mandela. He also served as a Producer for various projects developed by his production company such as: Nico I, Nico:Maputo, Marbles,Capitalization, The Child Soldier, Alex Miller:The Alpha and many other projects in Development. Peter Produced the film Nico, which is based on his story. Directed by Mabasso Jr.

Screenwriter career
A talented screenwriter, he wrote more than 13 film projects and in most of the projects developed by his production company he gets involved as a Producer, Actor and Screenwriter.

Awards

 * 2010 Best Feature Film: In Portuguese Nations (film) (Won)  Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
 * 2013 Best Supporting Actor: The Children's Republic (film) (Won) Acteurs l'encran
 * 2013 Best Supporting Actor: Aunt Fatima (film) (Won) Inacs