José Fonseca e Costa

Biography

José Fonseca e Costa 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.

Directed

1. Ballad of Dog Beach (1987) — Director
2. Five Days, Five Nights (1996) — Director
3. The Killers (1980) — Director
4. Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch (2006) — Director
5. The Guns and the People (1977) — Director
6. Your Neighbour's Wife (1988) — Director
7. No Trace of Sin (1983) — Director
8. The Fascination (2003) — Director
9. The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976) — Director
10. Os Cornos de Cronos (1991) — Director
11. O Recado (1972) — Director
12. Armpits (2016) — Director
13. What The Tourist Should See (2009) — Director
14. Napoleon (1991) — Director
15. A metafísica dos chocolates (1967) — Director
16. ...e Era o Mar (1966) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Jew (1996) — Surgeon
2. Jogo de Mão (1983) — Judge
3. Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista (1994)
4. Os Cornos de Cronos (1991) — Party Guest (uncredited)
5. The Circular Triangle (1964)
6. O Desassossego de Pessoa
7. Velhos são os Trapos (1981)
8. Duplo Exilio (2001) — Bernardo
9. In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo (2016) — Self
10. Alto Bairro (2014)
11. Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi (1990)
12. História do Cinema Português (2001)