Joaquim Leitão, ComIH, OM (born 1956) is a

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film director. He won two Golden Globe Awards, in 1996 for ''

Adão e Eva ''Adão e Eva'' is a 1995 Portuguese film directed by Joaquim Leitão. Cast *Maria de Medeiros *Joaquim de Almeida * Ana Bustorff *Karra Elejalde Carlos Elejalde Garay (born 10 October 1960) better known as Karra Elejalde, is a Spanish actor ...

'' and in 1998 for ''Tentação''.Awards
at IMDB.com

Life

He studied law at the

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, but changed to directing films. In the 1980s he directed several short films and music videos. In 1994 he wrote ''Uma Cidade Qualquer'' for the European Capital of Culture. He followed this with ''

'' (1995), whose cast included

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and

Maria de Medeiros Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida, DamSE (born 19 August 1965), known professionally as Maria de Medeiros (), is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions. Ear ...

in the roles of two commercial television media figures, and for which he received two "Globos de Ouro" (Portuguese Golden Globes): Best Picture and Best Director. With ''Tentação (Temptation)'' (1997) he got one of the biggest commercial successes of the Portuguese cinema, and then, he directed ''Inferno (Hell)'' (1999), the series Until Tomorrow Comrades (2005) - adapted from the work of the same name by

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- and ''20,13 Purgatório (Purgatory)'' (2006). Joaquim Leitão also participated in several films as an actor, notably in films by Fernando Lopes,

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and

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. He was awarded the Commander of the Order of Prince Henry, by the President of the Republic

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in 2005.

Filmography

*''O fim da inocência'' (2017) *''

Sei Lá ''Sei Lá'' is a 2014 Portuguese romantic comedy film directed by Joaquim Leitão and based on a novel of the same name by Margarida Rebelo Pinto. It stars Leonor Seixas. Cast * Leonor Seixas * Rita Pereira * Pedro Granger * Rui Unas *Tino Navar ...

'' (2014) *''

Quarta Divisão ''Quarta Divisão'' is a 2013 Portuguese film directed by Joaquim Leitão. Cast * Carla Chambel * Sabri Lucas * Paulo Pires Paulo Pires (born 26 February 1967) is a Portuguese television and film actor and former stage actor and fashion mode ...

'' (2013) *''

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'' (2009) *''20,13 Purgatório'' (2006) *''Até Amanhã, Camaradas'' (miniseries) (2005) *''

Capitães de Abril ''April Captains'' ( pt, Capitães de Abril) is a 2000 film telling the story of the '' Carnation Revolution'', the military coup that overthrew the corporatist dictatorship (known as the '' Estado Novo'') in Portugal on 25 April 1974. Although d ...

'' (2000) *''Inferno'' (1999) *''Tentação'' (1997) *''

'' (1995) *''Uma Vida Normal'' (1994) *''Uma Cidade Qualquer'' (1994) *''Ao Fim da Noite'' (1991) *''O Resgate'' (1990) *''A Ilha'' (1990) *''Voltar'' (1988) *''Duma Vez por Todas'' (1986)

References

External links

* Portuguese film directors Living people 1956 births Golden Globes (Portugal) winners {{Portugal-film-director-stub