António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Directing
Born: 1939-03-10 in Leiria, Portugal
Died: 2024-03-05
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.
