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Fantasporto 2012 has decided to pay its tribute to director-producer António-Pedro Vasconcelos
TRIBUTE TO ANTÓNIO-PEDRO VASCONCELOS 2012
António-Pedro Vasconcelos Homage in Fantasporto 2012
A director who was able to attract over 1 million viewers to the cinemas to see Portuguese films, definitely deserves a tribute at Fantasporto 2012. António-Pedro Vasconcelos is the only director who can boast such a feat and the International Film Festival of Porto has chosen him as the Portuguese personality to be highlighted in its 32ndedition. Because he is a film buff and because his films always feature beautiful actresses, nothing could fit him better than to paraphrase a Truffaut’s film title: António-Pedro Vasconcelos is “the man who loves women".
António-Pedro Vasconcelos was born in Leiria in 1939. This Knight of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator first wanted to be a lawyer, but it was his friendship with some men of cinema such as João César Monteiro and Alberto Seixas Santos that made his interest tilt towards the Seventh Art.
In 1968 he made his first films, documentaries such as “Tapestry Exhibition” (1968) and“Fernando Lopes-Graça” (1971), among others.
Working in television as a content programmer, he directs "Oxalá" (1981) and soon after one of the great successes of his career, " O Lugar do Morto" (1984), based on a story by Mario Zambujal, the film that made the Portuguese actress Ana Zannati a true sex symbol.
In 1999 António-Pedro Vasconcelos directs another blockbuster - "Jaime", that is followed by "The Immortals" (2003), "Call Girl" (2007) - and "Beauty and the Paparazzo" (2010),again with the Portuguese actress and model Soraia Chaves. 04.02.2012 | Fantasporto's blog Cat. : actress actress and model Alberto Seixas Santos Ana Zannati António-Pedro Vasconcelos António-Pedro Vasconcelos Beauty and the Paparazzo Call Girl Cine Cinema of Portugal co-founder Director editor Entertainment Entertainment Fantasporto Fernando Lopes-Graça film critic Henry Human Interest Human Interest Jaime João César Monteiro Lawyer Leiria Lisboa Mario Zambujal Movie Release Mozambique Nouvelle Vague Pedro Vasconcelos Person Attributes Person Career Person Location Porto Portuguese army in Mozambique Portuguese cinema Portuguese Film Center Prince Producer Programmer Soraia Chaves The Immortals the International Film Festival Vasconcelos War War PEOPLE
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