António Campos

António Campos (29 May 1922 – 8 March 1999) was one of the pioneer filmmakers of visual anthropology in Portugal. Mainly using pure documentary techniques, he shot ethnographic films and tried docufiction. As well as in fictional films, he used the methods of direct cinema to portrait the life of ancient human communities (ethnofiction) of his country.

For other people named Antonio Campos, see Antonio Campos (disambiguation).

António Campos
Born
António Campos

(1922-05-29)29 May 1922
Leiria, Portugal
Died8 March 1999(1999-03-08) (aged 76)
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Years active1957–1993

He started making films at the beginning of the sixties, at the same time as John Marshall (EU) and Michel Brault (Canada). Without knowing much about Jean Rouch, he followed his steps in an original way.

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