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Eduardo Luis Santos Correia Guedes (21 April 1941 – 29 August 2000) was a
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film-maker involved with the independent British film collective Cinema Action. Guedes was born in Lisbon, the son of a judge, and initially studied
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at the
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, but after refusing to take part in the Portuguese colonial wars, he left in 1961 to study film-making at the London International Film School. After graduating in 1964, he worked as a tutor at the school. In 1965 he went to Brazil and made three documentaries (one, ''Rio Araguaia'', was later networked by the
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and French television). Returning to London, he freelanced as a film editor from 1968 to 1971, working with theatre director
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, and was credited as editor of Maurice Hatton's 1970 film ''Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition''.AllMovie: Eduardo Guedes
(accessed: 7 June 2013) In 1971, Guedes joined Cinema Action. This was a key component in the organisation of the Independent Film-makers Association which campaigned, among other things, for airtime for independents on the UK
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network. In 1981, Guedes shot and edited a documentary, ''So That You Can Live'', which opened Channel 4's independent film slot. Cinema Action's first feature, ''Rocinante'' (1986) starred
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, was written and directed by Eduardo and his wife Ann Guedes, and produced by Gustav Lamche. A second feature, ''Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale'' (1990) starred Dury and
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. While fighting the cancer that would eventually cause his death, Guedes made two more features in Portugal: ''
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'' (1994), starring
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, and ''Knives And Angels'' (2000).


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Portuguese film directors People from Lisbon Alumni of the London Film School 1941 births 2000 deaths {{Portugal-film-director-stub