António Campos
Known for
Directing
Born
May 29, 1922
Birthplace
Leiria, Portugal
Died
March 8, 1999 (aged 76)
Biography
António Campos (29 May 1922 – 8 March 1999) was one of the pioneer filmmakers of visual anthropology in Portugal. Mainly using pure documentary techniques, he shot ethnographic films and tried docufiction. As well as in fictional films, he used the methods of direct cinema to portray the life of ancient human communities (ethnofiction) of his country.
He started making films at the beginning of the sixties, at the same time as John Marshall (US) and Michel Brault (Canada). Without knowing much about Jean Rouch, he followed his steps in an original way.
He integrated a troupe of theater amateurs and worked at a state department office in Leiria. He got a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian F...
Best known work
Change of Life
1967
The Vow
1973
The Invention of Love
1966
A Tremonha de Cristal
1993
Ti Miséria
1979
Cold Land
1992
Falamos de Rio de Onor
1974
Histórias Selvagens
1978
Gente da Praia da Vieira
1976A Festa
1975Filmography
2009
We Talk About António Camposas Himself (archive footage)
1993
A Tremonha de CristalDirector
1992
Cold LandScreenplay, Director
1979
Ti MisériaDirector, Screenplay
1978
Histórias SelvagensDirector, Writer
1976
Gente da Praia da VieiraDirector
1976
Paredes Pintadas da Revolução PortuguesaDirector of Photography, Director
1975
A FestaDirector
1974
Falamos de Rio de OnorWriter, Editor, Director, Producer
1973
The VowLocation Scout
1971
Vilarinho das FurnasDirector, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist
1967
Change of LifeAssistant Director
1967
1966
The Invention of LoveDirector, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Editor
1965
1961
A Almadraba AtuneiraDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Sound
1960
Leiria 1960Editor, Director of Photography, Director
1959
The LordDirector of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
1958
Um TesoiroDirector