About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1922-05-29
Place of birth:
Leiria, Portugal
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António Campos

Overview

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 Foundation in 1961, where he worked between 1970 and 1976, to study cinema in London. He took part in the 20th Century Film Festival, in Kracow, Poland. He was the delegate in Portugal for the International Federation of Art Film and a member of the International Union of Independent Filmmakers (UNICI).

He started making films as an amateur. He shot ethnographic films with 16 mm light cameras and with no scientific purposes, like some of his Portuguese fellows, such as António Reis, Ricardo Costa or Pedro Costa, this one using small mini DV cameras, some years later. After the Carnation Revolution, he directed some theatrical fictional features in 35 mm, all with a strong anthropologic content. He was one of the representatives of the Portuguese Cinema Novo (or Novo Cinema), inspired by the French New Wave.

His film Gente da Praia da Vieira (People of Praia da Vieira), 1976, is, together with Trás-os-Montes, by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, and with Mau Tempo, Marés e Mudança (Changing Tides), by Ricardo Costa, one of the first docufictions of Portuguese cinema. Shot on the same year, these films, in the same genre, are preceded by Acto da Primavera (Act of Spring), 1962, by Manoel de Oliveira, and Ala-Arriba!, 1948, by José Leitão de Barros, a contemporary to Robert Flaherty. These films may also be classified as ethnofictions.

Known for

Acting
2009 We Talk About António Campos Actor Himself (archive footage) N/A
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Directing
1993 A Tremonha de Cristal Directing Director 59
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1992 Cold Land Directing Director 58
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1979 Ti Miséria Directing Director 59
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1978 Histórias Selvagens Directing Director N/A
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1976 Gente da Praia da Vieira Directing Director N/A
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1976 Paredes Pintadas da Revolução Portuguesa Directing Director 59
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1975 A Festa Directing Director N/A
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1974 Falamos de Rio de Onor Directing Director 58
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1971 Vilarinho das Furnas Directing Director N/A
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1967 Change of Life Directing Assistant Director 59
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1967 Chagall - Breve a Lua, Lua Cheia, Virá Aparecer Directing Director N/A
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1965 Retratos dos das Margens do Rio Lis Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Invention of Love Directing Director 59
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1961 A Almadraba Atuneira Directing Director N/A
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1960 Leiria 1960 Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Lord Directing Director N/A
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1958 Um Tesoiro Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1992 Cold Land Writing Screenplay 58
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1979 Ti Miséria Writing Screenplay 59
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1978 Histórias Selvagens Writing Writer N/A
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1974 Falamos de Rio de Onor Writing Writer 58
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1971 Vilarinho das Furnas Writing Writer N/A
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1965 The Invention of Love Writing Writer 59
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1961 A Almadraba Atuneira Writing Writer N/A
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1959 The Lord Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1974 Falamos de Rio de Onor Production Producer 58
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1971 Vilarinho das Furnas Production Producer N/A
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1965 The Invention of Love Production Producer 59
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1961 A Almadraba Atuneira Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1971 Vilarinho das Furnas Sound Sound Recordist N/A
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1961 A Almadraba Atuneira Sound Sound N/A
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Art
1973 The Vows Art Location Scout 58
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Camera
1976 Paredes Pintadas da Revolução Portuguesa Camera Director of Photography 59
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1971 Vilarinho das Furnas Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1965 The Invention of Love Camera Director of Photography 59
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1961 A Almadraba Atuneira Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1960 Leiria 1960 Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1959 The Lord Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
1974 Falamos de Rio de Onor Editing Editor 58
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1971 Vilarinho das Furnas Editing Editor N/A
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1965 The Invention of Love Editing Editor 59
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1961 A Almadraba Atuneira Editing Editor N/A
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1960 Leiria 1960 Editing Editor N/A
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1959 The Lord Editing Editor N/A
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