João Brites (born 1947 in
Torres Novas
Torres Novas () is a Portugal, Portuguese Concelho, municipality in the district of Santarém (district), Santarém, in the Médio Tejo Subregion, Médio Tejo of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The population of the municipality was approximately ...
), is a
Portuguese theatre director and artist.
He founded the
Teatro O Bando in
Lisbon
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in 1974 and as served as its director since. He is also a professor of the School of Theater and Cinema in Lisbon.
Brites is also an artist and set designer and he attended courses in painting and engraving at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuals - La Cambre.
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuels - La Cambre
He has held various art exhibitions in the galleries and museums in Portugal and has also published many articles on theater arts and the creative process of theatre, developing a practical in-theoretical discourse about acting.
He was appointed a Commander of the Ordem do Mérito in 1999.
References
Portuguese theatre directors
Portuguese artists
1947 births
Living people
People from Torres Novas
Order of Merit (Portugal)
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