José Leitão de Barros

José Leitão de Barros (1896-10-22 – 1967-06-29) was a Portuguese film director and playwright.

Among his most famous films are "Maria do Mar" (1930), the second docufiction after "Moana" (1926) by Robert Flaherty, the first Portuguese sound film, "A Severa" (1931), "Ala-Arriba!" (1945), and a biopic about Portugual's national poet, "Camões" (1946).

He was born, and died, in Lisbon.

Filmography

* "Mal de Espanha" (1918)
* "O Homem dos Olhos Tortos" (1918) (unfinished)
* "Malmequer" (1918)
* "Sidónio Pais - Proclamação do Presidente da República" (1918) (lost)
* "Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores" (1929) (the second part is lost)
* "Festas da Curia" (1927)
* "Lisboa" (1930)
* "Maria do Mar" (1930)
* "A Severa" (1931)
* "As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor" (1935)
* "Bocage" (1936)
* "Las Tres Gracias" (1936)
* "Maria Papoila" (1937/I)
* "Legião Portuguesa" (1937/I)
* "Mocidade Portuguesa" (1937)
* "Varanda dos Rouxinóis" (1939)
* "A Pesca do Atum" (1939)
* "Ala-Arriba! (film)" (1942)
* "A Póvoa de Varzim" (1942)
* "Inês de Castro" (1944)
* "Camões" (1946)
* "Vendaval Maravilhoso" (1949)
* "Comemorações Henriquinas" (1960)
* "A Ponte da Arrábida Sobre o Rio Douro" (1961)
* "Escolas de Portugal" (1962)
* "A Ponte Salazar Sobre o Rio Tejo" (1966)

ee also

* Docufiction
* Ethnofiction

External links

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