- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 29, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Leiria, Portugal
- Died
- March 8, 1999
António Campos
António Campos (29 May 1922 – 8 March 1999) was one of the pioneer filmmakers of visual anthropology in Portugal. Mainly using pure documentary techniques, he shot ethnographic films and tried docufiction. As well as in fictional films, he used the methods of direct cinema to portray the life of ancient human communities (ethnofiction) of his country. He started making films at the beginning of the sixties, at the same time as John Marshall (US) and Michel Brault (Canada). Without knowing much about Jean Rouch, he followed his steps in an original way. He integrated a troupe of theater amateurs and worked at a state department office in Leiria. He got a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1961, where he worked between 1970 and 1976, to study cinema in London. He took part in the 20th Century Film Festival, in Kracow, Poland. He was the delegate in Portugal for the Internat…
Filmography
movieWe Talk About António Campos
2009 · Himself (archive footage)
A Tremonha de Cristal
movieA Tremonha de Cristal
1993 · Director
movieCold Land
1992 · Screenplay, Director
movieTi Miséria
1979 · Director, Screenplay
movieHistórias Selvagens
1978 · Director, Writer
movieGente da Praia da Vieira
1976 · Director
movieParedes Pintadas da Revolução Portuguesa
1976 · Director of Photography
A Festa
movieA Festa
1975 · Director
movieFalamos de Rio de Onor
1974 · Writer, Editor, Producer, Director
movieThe Vow
1973 · Location Scout
movieVilarinho das Furnas
1971 · Director, Writer, Producer, Sound Recordist, Director of Photography, Editor
movieChange of Life
1967 · Assistant Director
Chagall - Breve a Lua, Lua Cheia, Virá Aparecer
movieChagall - Breve a Lua, Lua Cheia, Virá Aparecer
1967 · Director
movieThe Invention of Love
1966 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
Retratos dos das Margens do Rio Lis
movieRetratos dos das Margens do Rio Lis
1965 · Director
movieA Almadraba Atuneira
1961 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer, Sound
Leiria 1960
movieLeiria 1960
1960 · Director of Photography, Editor
movieThe Lord
1959 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
movieUm Tesoiro
1958 · Director