Augusto Fraga (9 October 1910 – 6 January 2000), born in Lisbon, was a Portuguese

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. During the 1930s, Fraga was a journalist, a critic and a cinematographic illustrator. He was also director of the magazine Cinéfilo from 1938 to 1939 and collaborated in the creation of ''

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'' and '' World Graphic''. In the following decade, he was editor of '' The Century'' until it closed and also of the supplement ''Success'' from the Lisbon Agenda. Fraga was a particularly hostile critic towards Nazi Germany's attempts at propaganda towards neutral Italy during

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.The Lisbon Route: Entry and Escape in Nazi Europe
Weber, R. 2011. p219 This particularly focused on criticism of editing film that had been taken in a non-believable fashion, to the point that even a casual film-goer would be able to identify the changes. Between 1948 and 1949 Fraga made short films in

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as well as being a screenwriter. He would shift these professions to the radio in the 1950s. His two most successful films are O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo and Sangue Toureiro.

Filmography

* Traição Inverosímil - 1970 * As Ilhas do Meio do Mundo (Documentary) - 1966 * A Voz do Sangue - 1965 * Vinte E Nove Irmãos - 1964 * ABC a Preto E Branco (Short Documentary) - 1964 * Uma Hora de Amor - 1962 * Um Dia de Vida - 1961 * Angola (Documentary) - 1961 * Raça - 1961 * Terra Ardente (Documentary) - 1960 * Terra Mãe (Documentary) - 1960 * O Passarinho da Ribeira - 1958 * Prisões de Vidro (Documentary) - 1958 * O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo - 1958 * Sangue Toureiro - 1958 * Paisagem Atlântica (Documentary) - 1947 * Fado do Emigrante (Documentary) - 1940 ESPAÑA, R. D. (1994). Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films. Westport, Conn, Greenwood Press.

References

Portuguese film directors 1910 births 2000 deaths Mass media people from Lisbon {{Portugal-film-director-stub