António Campos

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-05-29 (77 years old)

Deathday

1999-03-08

Place of Birth

Leiria, Portugal

António Campos

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 Lei...

Acting

2009

We Talk About António Campos

as Himself (archive footage)

Production

1975

A Festa

as Director

1979

Ti Miséria

as Director

2025

1965

1961

1993

1965

The Invention of Love

as Director of Photography

1959

The Lord

as Director

1959

The Lord

as Director of Photography

1959

The Lord

as Editor

1959

The Lord

as Writer

1960

Leiria 1960

as Director

1960

Leiria 1960

as Director of Photography

1960

Leiria 1960

as Editor

1961

1961

A Almadraba Atuneira

as Director of Photography

2025

1976

1978

1992

Cold Land

as Director

1992

Cold Land

as Screenplay

1974

1974

2025

Vilarinho das Furnas

as Director of Photography

2025

Vilarinho das Furnas

as Sound Recordist

1973

The Vows

as Location Scout

1958

Um Tesoiro

as Director

1967

Change of Life

as Assistant Director

1979

Ti Miséria

as Screenplay

1965

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