Person

António-Pedro Vasconcelos

Directing · 1939–2024 · Leiria, Portugal

Biography

António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos (born 10 March 1939 in Leiria) was a Portuguese film director. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement, which was heavily inspired by the Nouvelle Vague and Italian neorealism. Later his style derived to a more mainstream sensibility. Vasconcelos was famously a Benfica supporter.

Known for

Filmography

2025LavaganteScreenplay
2024The ConspiracyDirector
2022Km 224Director
2021História do Teatro de Revista em PortugalOriginal Concept
202140 Years of FantasportoSelf
2019O Fascínio das Histórias
2019An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro VasconcelosSelf
2018Parque MayerMinistro
2017The Voice and Ears of MFADirector
2016In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedoself
2015Impossible LoveProfessor de Literatura
2014Cats Don't Have VertigoEditor
2011A Portuguese FilmHimself
2011ArturHimself
2010The Beauty and the Paparazzostage director
2009Alta DefiniçãoSelf
2007Call GirlAirplane Passenger (uncredited)
2003The ImmortalsPianista
2001História do Cinema Português
1999JaimeMan Reading Financial Times
1992Aqui D'El Rei!Director
1989The Seventh LetterProducer
1988Killing the SaudadesWriter
1987SerenityProducer
1984Dead Man's SeatWriter
1982The Conversation Is OverExecutive Producer
1981FranciscaExecutive Producer
1981OxaláNarrator (uncredited)
1979Doomed LoveProducer
1977The Guns and the PeopleDirector
1976Cantigamente n.º 3Himself
1976Emigrantes... e Depois?Director
1975Benilde or the Virgin MotherProducer
1974Adeus, Até ao Meu RegressoNarrator
1973One Hundred Times LostEditor
1972A Bee in the RainCamera Operator
196927 Minutos com Fernando Lopes GraçaEditor
1968Tapeçaria - Tradição Que ReviveDirector

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