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Manoel de Oliveira was born on 11 December 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for The Cannibals (1988), I'm Going Home (2001) and Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007). He was married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on 2 April 2015 in Oporto, Portugal.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Director
Adriano Luz was born on 9 April 1959 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an actor and director, known for Mysteries of Lisbon (2010), Night Train to Lisbon (2013) and O Dia Mais Feliz da Tua Vida (2012).- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
David Bonneville was born on 7 November 1978 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for The Last Bath (2020), Gypsy (2013) and Heiko (2008).- Sound Department
- Producer
- Director
Joaquim Pinto was born on 20 June 1957 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a producer and director, known for What Now? Remind Me (2013), Fish Tail (2003) and Fish Tail (2015).- Editor
- Script and Continuity Department
- Editorial Department
Pedro Filipe Marques was born on 3 May 1976 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an editor, known for A Nossa Forma de Vida (2011), Viveiro (2019) and O lugar que ocupas (2016).- Ricardo Trêpa was born on 28 October 1972 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007), The Fifth Empire (2004) and O Princípio da Incerteza (2002). He was previously married to Cláudia Jacques.
- Composer
- Actor
- Writer
Pedro Abrunhosa was born on 20 December 1960 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a composer and actor, known for Santa Bárbara (2015), O Teu Olhar (2003) and Adão e Eva (1995).- Producer
- Writer
- Director
José Pedro Lopes was born on 17 June 1982 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a producer and writer, known for The Forest of the Lost Souls (2017), Survivalismo (2011) and Sem Filmes (2022).- Composer
- Actor
- Writer
Sérgio Godinho was born on 31 August 1945 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a composer and actor, known for Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor (2016), Quilas, the Bad of the Picture (1980) and Entre Mortos e Vivos (1992).- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Born in O'Porto, Portugal, in 1944, his interest for films led him to be a member of Cine-Clube do Porto at 15-years-old. He knew how to make films in theory when he was conscripted to the Army, at 18; he was sent to Angola, then a Portuguese province, to serve in the colonial war, where he learned cinematography and the practical side of making low-budget war documentaries at the Departamento de Foto-cine dos Serviços Cartográficos do Exército.
In 1967, having served his conscript time, he stayed in Luanda, working at a photography shop, and kept seeing more of the light Portuguese comedies which he disliked, and some American movies that he liked. He made the acquaintance of local poets such as Viriato da Cruz and António Jacinto. He discovered and adopted the concept of engaged art, where film contents and aesthetics would service the political aim of liberation for all men and the humanization of the working conditions of the work force. He wrote the pages of aesthetic and film review for the magazine "Noite e Dia" of Luanda, defending the trends of Italian neo-realism, French "nouvelle vague", and Brazilean Cinema Novo.
Still in Luanda, Angola, he wrote and directed the super 8mm short O Regresso (1970), the dramatized biography of a young black amateur painter. One may see in it an echo of Mozambican artist Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, a painter and sculptor who had been arrested in 1966 by the secret police for political activities against the regime.
In 1970, he was invited by Eurico Ferreira to join the film industry that was starting in Mozambique, and he moved to the other coast of Africa, into that other Portuguese province, more exposed to trade and cultural influences from neighbour English countries, namely Ian Smith's Republic of Rodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Afrikaner-dominated Union of South Africa.
He started working for Somar Filmes, owned by the more independent producer Courinha Ramos who - backed by Shell funds and advertising - was keeping the weekly documentary series Visor Moçambicano since the late 1950s as a 10 minute journal on tourism, agricultural and industrial development, sports and social events, and enough coverage of the regime's political agenda to be on the good side of the censors.
It is then that he starts his life project of a movie based on colonial relations and the start of a guerrilla movement. He did not ask for film permits, filming with interruptions over a year and a half under the cover of the documentaries he made for Somar Filmes. The producer was happy with the documentaries and did not ask to be shown the screenplay of the fiction film. All African actors and extras were chosen by Malangatana including convicts doing agricultural labour in a state farm, and no one was paid. Thus, Barbosa managed to conclude the film without pressures, and at a very low budget.
Early 1972, interviewed by Plateia, a Lisbon film magazine, he summed his ideas thus: "The seventh art is a form of expression of materialism, the reality as I see it, and the films should be delivered like stomach punches to the viewers. Nowadays my definition of cinema is that it should be a guerrilla front, working in the most positive manner possible against tabu, devious morals, and the dominant but outdated, anachronistic ideas."
The authorities (PIDE, the secret police of the regime) had been suspicious of the film project from early on, and even took in Lopes Barbosa and Malangatana Valente Ngwenya for questioning when they began filming. When the film negative left Filmlab (an associate company of Somar Filmes), the authorities advised Courinha Ramos that he should not dare present the film to the censors office. The menace seems to have been enough, for the producer would not risk his business based on the weekly documentaries. With all references to the film banned from the press, the producer Courinha Ramos dismissed the director from his company, and Lopes Barbosa returned immediately to Lisbon, fearing to be arrested. He found all doors closed to him in the film industry, survived on odd jobs, contracted tuberculosis and returned to his mother's home in O'Porto, for treatment.
As late as December 8, 1973, the producer may have attempted to make good on his investment; that Saturday, Lisbon's weekly Expresso tried to publish a small news - illustrated with a photo of the young writer Luís Bernardo Honwana, who may have been their source - quoting the producer as having taken the decision "not to show the film in Mozambique, ever," which means he may have tried again to distribute the film. The piece was totally cut by the censors, and was published in a documentary book in 2009.
The Portuguese coup of April 25, 1974, changed the political regime and talks in view of decolonization started. Lopes Barbosa fought again for the film of his life, and convinces Courinha Ramos to bring the film negative to Lisbon. In August 1974, two copies are developed at Tobis: a 35mm copy, that the producer took back with him to Mozambique, and is considered lost (as of February 2012); and a 16mm copy that remained with the director.
Lopes Barbosa immediately promoted the film's showing at the Cine-Club do Porto. and the first public screening at the Escola Superior das Belas Artes do Porto.
Finally, the producer announced the Mozambique avant-premiere to the Wednesday September 4, 1974, in one of the best theatre houses of Lourenço Marques, but fearing the film would set fire to an already unstable political situation, he canceled the showing - which did not prevent the right-wing attempt to take power in Mozambique the next Saturday, September 7, 1974. The director wanted his film to be shown in Mozambique, and went there shortly before Mozambique's independence day (June 25, 1975) to promote exhibitions at the Cine-Club de Lourenço Marques and at the Machava Prison (Matola, Maputo) with his own 16mm copy. His health deteriorated suddenly, and he returned to his home at O'Porto for psychoanalysis, in May 1975.
For the school year 1976-1977 Lopes Barbosa works as camera operator for the RTP program Telescola, a daily TV educational and instructional show. After that he remains jobless, and his health keeps him from accepting a project in Mozambique when he is at last contacted by the new government of Mozambique. He ceded free of his charge his 16mm copy to the Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique, that showed the film widely across the new independent country. The 35mm copy, with Portuguese subtitles, is considered lost (as of February 2012).- Olga Diegues was born on 14 January 1981 in Oporto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Turistas (2006), Maré Alta (2004) and Morangos com Açúcar (2003). She has been married to João Ramalho since 7 August 2010. They have two children.
- Jaime Nogueira Pinto was born on 4 February 1946 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a writer, known for Salazar (1999), Geração de 60 (1992) and Jornal de Domingo (1986). He was previously married to Maria José Pinto da Cunha Avillez.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Mário Mateus Araújo was born on 14 May 1978 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Sssshhhh!! (2006), Ent(i)endes? (2006) and A Caixa (2004).- Editor
- Director
- Animation Department
Born in Porto in '81, Jerónimo soon developed a taste for visual storytelling. After studying graphic design, painting and filmmaking, Jerónimo started working at the Lisbon based Production Company Take It Easy in '05, as a director, illustrator, editor and animator and worked on an extensive array of projects that include feature films, television series, commercials, music videos and animations. He is Easylab Animation Studio's Creative Director since '14. Jerónimo's award winning short films are a regular presence in International Film Festivals, and among other honors, he is the recipient of the Brigadoon Award at Sitges in '16 for the short film Arcana and the Méliès D'Argent at Lund for the animated short Macabre in '17.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Raquel Freire was born in 1973 in Oporto, Portugal. She is a director and writer, known for Rio Vermelho (1999), A Vida Queima (2011) and Veneno Cura (2008).- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
José Mário Branco was born on 25 May 1942 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a composer and actor, known for The Portuguese Woman (2018), Alfama em Si and A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz a História (1977). He died on 19 November 2019 in Portugal.- Sónia Araújo was born on 24 November 1970 in Oporto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Música no Ar (2005), Um Lugar Para Viver (2009) and Triângulo Jota (2006). She has been married to Vítor Martins since 2000. They have three children.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rui Nogueira was born on 28 September 1938 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an assistant director, known for L'été (1968), Le Passé retrouvé (Carnet filmé: 1er janvier 1995 - 20 mai 1995) (1995) and Cinématon (1972).- Sá Pinto was born on 10 October 1972 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Eclipse em Portugal (2014), Alta Voltagem (1996) and Triunfo dos Porcos (2001). He has been married to Frederica Tavares da Rocha since 15 June 1995. They have two children.
- Miguel Sousa Tavares was born on 25 June 1952 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a writer and actor, known for Fateful Dawn (2024), Equador (2008) and A Hora da Verdade (1988).
- Luís Pereira de Sousa was born on 1 January 1941 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for O Chico Fininho (1982), Barbara (1980) and Terra Instável (1991).
- Art Department
- Animation Department
- Costume Designer
Count Ul De Rico was born in 1946 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a costume designer, known for Flash Gordon (1980), The NeverEnding Story (1984) and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990).- Octávio Matos was born on 5 April 1939 in Oporto, Portugal. He was an actor, known for Era Uma Vez... (1997), Não Há Duas Sem Três (1997) and Maré Alta (2004). He was married to Isabel Damatta. He died on 3 February 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Dórdio Guimarães was born on 10 March 1938 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Soror Saudade (1983), Todas as Cartas de Amor São Ridículas (1985) and Saudades de Portugal (1994). He died on 2 July 1997 in Lisbon, Portugal.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Ricardo Pinho was born in Oporto, Portugal. He is known for Tim Watcher (2003), O Destino (2004) and Rua do Monte (2006).- Actor
- Animation Department
Cláudio Sá was born on 13 November 1990 in Oporto, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Good Dreams (2007), Decadência (1995) and Human Being (2009).- Guerrita Paródias was born on 5 May 2006 in Oporto, Portugal.
- Henrique Cymerman was born in 1959 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem (2014), Jihad Now (2016) and Emirates News (2007).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Cidália Meireles was born on 9 May 1924 in Oporto, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Um Homem às Direitas (1945), Bola ao Centro (1947) and A TV Através dos Tempos (1964). She died on 25 September 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal.- Sérgio Fernandes was born on 11 March 1946 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a director, known for Matosinhos (1980).
- He worked in a newspaper printing house, until he graduated journalist of Comércio do Porto, a large daily paper in the North of Portugal. When he was 20, he had already written five novels, among which "A Rosa do Adro", first published in 1870. He would also wrote librettos for a few operettas, among which "Na Lua" (on the moon). His hobby was amateur archeology. He remained obscure all his life, slightly put down by literary critics. He never knew his "Rosa do Adro" would be re-written for the stage in 1899, and brought to the movies with enormous popular success, starting with A Rosa do Adro (1919). Immediately after this film had been shown in Oporto and then Lisbon, the book went to press in its 24th edition, with a cover based on a big picture of beautiful Maria de Oliveira as Rosa do Adro. The book kept being reimpressed and re-edited through the 20th century, by the thousands and thousands, and is one of the top literary sales of the 20th century in Portugal, except for books of mandatory reading in high-schools.
- Writer
- Producer
Tomás Murias was born on 1 April 1978 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a writer and producer, known for Ministério do Tempo (2017), A Senhora das Águas (2001) and Podia Acabar o Mundo (2008).- Tiago Monteiro was born on 24 July 1976 in Oporto, Portugal.
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was born on 6 November 1919 in Oporto, Portugal. She was a writer, known for A Viagem (1994), O Silêncio (2020) and Um Poema por Semana (2011). She was married to Francisco Sousa Tavares. She died on 2 July 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Helena Félix was born on 10 April 1920 in Oporto, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Quando o Mar Galgou a Terra (1954), A Noite e a Madrugada (1986) and Gente Nova (1967). She died in 1991.
- Milita Meireles was born on 25 September 1928 in Oporto, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Os Vizinhos do Rés-do-Chão (1947), O Diabo São Elas (1945) and Um Homem às Direitas (1945). She was married to Ricardo Seabra Pinto and Ricardo Seabra Moura Pinto. She died on 27 October 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Writer
- Music Department
Júlio Dinis was born on 14 November 1839 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a writer, known for As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1970), Os Fidalgos da Casa Mourisca (1938) and A Morgadinha dos Canaviais (1949). He died on 12 September 1871 in Oporto, Portugal.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Diogo M. Borges is a Portuguese filmmaker who graduated from CFSL in September 2011.
His first experience in the film industry came at the age of 17 when he took a runner position in a commercial. He then shadowed the director Henrique Oliveira on the production A Night On The End of The World and worked as an assembly editor on the feature film Breakfast with Johnny working closely with the director Simon Sprackling.
His early years as a director brought us films like Fado Triste and Mercy. His most well know film came in 2015 when wrote, directed and edited the short film Emília which garnered a nomination at the NY Portuguese Short Film Festival, at the Brazil International Film Festival and won the award for best drama at the Phoenix Underground Film Festival.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Alfredo Tropa was born on 29 March 1939 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Pedro Só (1972), Le Soleil de Beton (1987) and Barbara (1980). He died on 5 July 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.- Campos Monteiro was born in Oporto, Portugal. He is known for As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1924).
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Rui Reininho was born on 28 February 1955 in Oporto, Portugal. He is a composer and actor, known for Nunca Digas Adeus (2001), Santa Bárbara (2015) and Trânsito Local (2000).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Nuno Roque was born in Oporto, Portugal. He is known for My Cake (2015), Best Intentions (2018) and C'était Marie-Antoinette (2010).