José Fonseca e Costa,
GCIH (27 June 1933 – 1 November 2015) was a Portuguese film director.
He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.
Born in
Angola
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, Costa worked as an assistant to
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...
before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.
[Kuhn, Annette & Radstone, Susannah (1994) ''The Women's Companion to International Film'', University of California Press, , p. 96-7]
Filmography
*''Os Mistérios de Lisboa'' (2009)
*''Viuva Rica Solteira Não Fica'' (2006)
*''O Fascínio'' (2003)
*''
Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites'' (1996)
*''Os Cornos de Cronos'' (1991)
*''A Mulher do Próximo'' (1988)
*''Balada da Praia dos Cães'' (1987)
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Sem Sombra de Pecado
''No Trace of Sin'' ( pt, Sem Sombra de Pecado) is a 1983 Portuguese drama film directed by José Fonseca e Costa. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepte ...
'' (1983)
*''Kilas, o Mau da Fita'' (1981)
*''Música, Moçambique!'' (1980)
*''Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir'' (1977)
*''O Recado'' (1971)
*''Voar'' (1970)
*''The Pearl of Atlantic'' (1969)
*''Regresso à Terra do Sol'' (1967)
*''A Cidade'' (1967)
*''A Metafísica do Chocolate'' (1967)
Bibliographic references
* ''O Cais do Olhar'' by
José de Matos-Cruz
José de Matos-Cruz (born 9 February 1947) is a Portuguese writer, journalist, editor, high-school teacher, investigator, encyclopedist. From 1980 to 2010, he worked at the ''Cinemateca Portuguesa'' (Portuguese Film Archive) in Lisbon. He is a pr ...
,
Portuguese Cinematheque
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See also
*
Cinema of Portugal
The Cinema of Portugal started with the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. Cinema was introduced in Portugal in 1896 with the screening of foreign films and the first Portuguese film was '' Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Co ...
References
Portuguese film directors
1933 births
2015 deaths
Golden Globes (Portugal) winners
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