José Júlio Marques Leitão de Barros (22 October 1896 – 29 June 1967) was a
Portuguese film director
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and
playwright
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Readin ...
.
Career
Among his most famous films are ''
Maria do Mar'' (1930), the second
docufiction
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after ''
Moana'' (1926) by
Robert Flaherty
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, the first Portuguese sound film, ''
A Severa'' (1931), ''
Ala-Arriba!'' (1945), and a biopic about Portugal's national poet, ''
Camões'' (1946).
He was born and died in
Lisbon
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.
Filmography
* ''Mal de Espanha'' (1918)
* ''
O Homem dos Olhos Tortos'' (1918) (unfinished)
* ''Malmequer'' (1918)
* ''Sidónio Pais - Proclamação do Presidente da República'' (1918) (lost)
* ''Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores'' (1929) (the second part is lost)
* ''Festas da Curia'' (1927)
* ''Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica'' (1930)
* ''
Maria do Mar'' (1930)
* ''
A Severa'' (1931)
* ''
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor'' (1935)
* ''Bocage'' (1936)
* ''Las Tres Gracias'' (1936)
* ''
Maria Papoila'' (1937)
* ''Legião Portuguesa'' (1937)
* ''Mocidade Portuguesa'' (1937)
* ''Varanda dos Rouxinóis'' (1939)
* ''A Pesca do Atum'' (1939)
* ''
Ala-Arriba!'' (1942)
* ''A Póvoa de Varzim'' (1942)
* ''Inês de Castro'' (1944)
* ''
Camões'' (1946)
* ''Vendaval Maravilhoso'' (1949)
* ''Comemorações Henriquinas'' (1960)
* ''A Ponte da Arrábida Sobre o Rio Douro'' (1961)
* ''Escolas de Portugal'' (1962)
* ''A Ponte Salazar Sobre o Rio Tejo'' (1966)
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See also
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Docufiction
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*
Ethnofiction
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In addition ...
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Cinema of Portugal
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José de Matos-Cruz - Portuguese film historian
References
External links
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Portuguese film directors
1896 births
1967 deaths
Writers from Lisbon
Mass media people from Lisbon
Portuguese people of Brazilian descent
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