Vítor Gonçalves is a Portuguese

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and

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. He is considered to be part of

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film family.

Career

Vítor Gonçalves was born in 1951 to

Vasco Gonçalves General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves OA (; Lisbon 3 May 1921 – 11 June 2005) was a Portuguese army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as the 104th Prime Minister from 18 July 1974 to ...

. In 1979, he graduated from the Escola de Cinema do Conservatório Nacional (now Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema) with a degree in filmmaking, where he was a student of

António Reis António Ferreira Gonçalves dos Reis, known as António Reis (27 August 1927 – 10 September 1991), was a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and producer, poet, sculptor and ethnographer. He was married to Margarida Cordeiro, co-director of ...

. In 1984, Gonçalves, with José Bogalheiro, founded the independent production company Trópico Filmes. His debut film, ''

A Girl In Summer ''A Girl In Summer'' ( pt, Uma Rapariga No Verão) is a Portuguese film from 1986, directed by Vítor Gonçalves. It was considered by the Harvard Film Archive as ''One of the great Portuguese films of the 1980s'',Diogo Dória Diogo Dória (born 16 April 1953) is a Portuguese film actor who has worked in France and Portugal and is most associated with his films for director Manoel de Oliveira. Selected filmography * 1981 ''Francisca'' * 1985 ''The Satin Slipper'' * 19 ...

, João Perry and

Joaquim Leitão Joaquim Leitão, ComIH, OM (born 1956) is a Portuguese film director. He won two Golden Globe Awards, in 1996 for ''Adão e Eva'' and in 1998 for ''Tentação''.

in the leading roles, had its international premiere in 1986, at the

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. The film was the first work in cinema of future director

Pedro Costa Pedro Costa (born 30 December 1958) is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood. Biography After com ...

, as an assistant director. In 1989, Vítor Gonçalves produced Costa's debut film, ''

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''. Gonçalves spent the following years producing the 1992 film ''A Nuvem'', directed by Ana Luísa Guimarães.

Filmography

; Director *1986 - ''

A Girl In Summer ''A Girl In Summer'' ( pt, Uma Rapariga No Verão) is a Portuguese film from 1986, directed by Vítor Gonçalves. It was considered by the Harvard Film Archive as ''One of the great Portuguese films of the 1980s'',The Invisible Life ''The Invisible Life'' ( pt, link=no, A Vida Invisível) is a Portuguese feature-length drama film directed by Vítor Gonçalves and produced by the Portuguese production company Rosa Filmes. The film's world premiere was at the international c ...

'' ; Producer *1989 - ''

'', directed by

(production manager) *1992 - ''A Nuvem'', directed by Ana Luísa Guimarães (producer)

References

External Connections

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A Girl In Summer at MUBI
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goncalves, Vitor 1951 births Living people People from Angra do Heroísmo Portuguese film directors Portuguese film producers Lisbon Theatre and Film School alumni