José Medina (April 14, 1893 – August 25, 1980) was a Brazilian filmmaker. He was a self-taught artist-communicator and a pioneer of Brazilian silent cinema. In addition to his performance in cinema, he also worked with photography, radio, newspapers, drawing, painting, advertising and theater.
Filmography
*1919 - ''Exemplo regenerador''
*1919 - ''Quando Deus Castiga''
*1921 - ''
Carlitinhos''
*1921 - ''
Perversidade''
*1922 - ''A Culpa dos Outros''
*1922 - ''Do Rio a São Paulo Para Casar''
*1925 - ''Gigi''
*1929 - ''
Fragments of Life''
*1943 - ''O Canto da Raça''
Awards and honors
In 1973, he received the Grand Prize of Critics, in the Cinema area, from
São Paulo Art Critics Association
The São Paulo Art Critics Association or APCA (Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte) is an organization established in 1956 in São Paulo that honors the best in the Brazilian fields of stage acting (since 1956), music, literature, film, te ...
, for his performance and relevance in Brazilian cinema. In 1977, the 10th
Festival de Brasília
The Festival de Brasília (Brasília Film Festival), officially the Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro, is a film festival held in Brasília, Brazil. Known as Semana do Cinema Brasileiro (''Brazilian Film Week'') during the first two editi ...
paid tribute to José Medina. The film "Fragments of Life" was shown during the festival and an exhibition was set up about his cinematographic production.
In 1980, months before his death, a tribute was made at the
São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound
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Places
* Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
* Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
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, with the screening of two of his films.
References
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1893 births
1980 deaths
People from Sorocaba
20th-century Brazilian people
Brazilian film people
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