José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH (27 June 1933 – 1 November 2015) was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.
Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.Kuhn, Annette & Radstone, Susannah (1994) The Women's Companion to International Film, University of California Press, , p. 96-7
Filmography Regresso à Terra do Sol - 1967 A Cidade - 1967 A Metafísica do Chocolate - 1967 The Pearl of Atlantic - 1969 Voar - 1970 The Message (O Recado) - 1971 The Guns and the People (As Armas e o Povo) - 1975 The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir) - 1977 Quilas, the Bad of the Picture (Kilas, o Mau da Fita) - 1980 Música, Moçambique! - 1980 Kilas, o Mau da Fita - 1981 No Trace of Sin (Sem Sombra de Pecado) - 1983 Ballad of Dog Beach (Balada da Praia dos Cães) - 1987 The Neighbor's Wife (Mulher do Próximo) - 1988 Os Cornos de Cronos - 1991 Five Days, Five Nights (Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites) - 1996 The Fascination (O Fascínio) - 2003 Widow and Rich and No Longer a Bitch (Viuva Rica Solteira Não Fica) - 2006 What the Tourist Should See (Os Mistérios de Lisboa) - 2009 Axilas - 2016
Bibliographic references O Cais do Olhar by José de Matos-Cruz, Portuguese Cinematheque, 1999
See also Cinema of Portugal
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