Fernando Lopes
Fernando Lopes, GCIH (28 December 1935 – 2 May 2012) was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). He died, aged 76, in Lisbon due to throat cancer.
Fernando Lopes
- Name
- Fernando Lopes
- Born
- 28 December 1935
- Birthplace
- Maçãs de Dona Maria, Alvaiázere, Leiria, Portugal
- Died
- 2 May 2012
- Place of death
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Occupation
- Film director
- Movement
- Novo Cinema Português
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Known for
- A Bee in the Rain
- Honours
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Fernando Lopes, GCIH (28 December 1935 – 2 May 2012) was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). He died, aged 76, in Lisbon due to throat cancer.
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• Name — Fernando Lopes • Born — 28 December 1935 • Birthplace — Maçãs de Dona Maria, Alvaiázere, Leiria, Portugal • Died — 2 May 2012 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Occupation — Film director • Movement — Novo Cinema Português
Filmography
Filmography
• Pedras e o Tempo, As (1961) • Voo da Amizade, O (1962) • Palavras e os Fios, As (1962) • Rota do Progresso (1964) • Belarmino (1964) • Se Deus Quiser (1966) • Cruzeiro do Sul (1966) • Hoje à Estreia (1967) • Tejo na Rota do Progresso (1967) • Vermelho, Amarelo e Verde (1969) • Nacionalidade: Português (1972) • A Aventura Calculada (1972) • Era Uma Vez... Amanhã (1972) • Uma Abelha na Chuva (1972) • Encoberto, O (1975) • Cantigamente (1 episode, 1976) • Nós por cá Todos Bem (1978) • Lisboa (1979) (TV) • Crónica dos Bons Malandros (1984) • Matar Saudades (1988) • Fio do Horizonte, O (1993) • Gérard, Fotógrafo (1998) (TV) • Cinema (2001) • Delfim, O (2002) aka Dauphin, Le (France) • Lá Fora (2004) • 98 Octanas (2006)
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1935
Fernando Lopes born at Maçãs de Dona Maria.
2012
Fernando Lopes died at Lisbon.
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