António Lopes Ribeiro1908 - 1995

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Director

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Biography

Director, journalist, and producer, António Lopes Ribeiro (1908-1995) was a central name in the history of Portuguese cinema in the first half of the 20th century. Movie critic since the late 1920s, he supported the European cinematographic avant-gardes and the aesthetical and technical renewal of Portuguese cinema. He directed his first film, Bailando ao sol, in 1928 and took part in the shooting of J. Leitão de Barros film’s Nazaré, praia de pescadores (1929), Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica and Maria do Mar (1930). Shortly before that, he undertook a long journey to the great movie studios of Paris, Berlin and Moscow, where he became up to speed with the most recent techniques and tendencies, and where he also met Clair, Renoir, Lang, Pabst, Eisenstein and Vertov. His first sound film was Gado Bravo (1934), made with several Jewish film actors and technicians that had just escaped from Hitler’s Germany. Ribeiro’s first big propaganda film for the New State was A Revolução de Maio (The May Revolution, 1937), whose script he wrote with António Ferro, the founder and director of the Secretariado da Propaganda Nacional (National Propaganda Office/SPN). The following year, he accompanied the head of the state, President Óscar Carmona, in a trip to the Portuguese colonies in Africa, shooting topical footage that would be used in several documentaries, as well as in his second propaganda feature film, Feitiço do Império (1940). Also in 1938, Ribeiro began producing for SPN the New State’s first newsreel, Jornal Português, which would last until 1951. With his production and distribution company Sociedade Portuguesa de Actualidades Cinematográficas (SPAC), he produced and directed many propaganda documentaries commissioned by the New State, thus earning the reputation of the regime’s official filmmaker and reinforcing his influence in the State-sponsored Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Cinema (National Union of Cinema Professionals). In 1941, he founded Produções António Lopes Ribeiro, a production company that released famous comedies such as O Pai Tirano (1941), O Pátio das Cantigas (1942, directed by his brother, Francisco Ribeiro), or A Vizinha do Lado (1945); Manoel de Oliveira’s first feature film, Aniki-Bóbó (1942); or historical dramas such as Amor de Perdição (1943), Frei Luis de Sousa (1950) and O Primo Basílio (1959). Until 1974, Ribeiro produced or directed dozens of propaganda documentaries and newsreels. Between 1957 and 1974 he was also the author and host of a very popular TV show about the history of cinema titled “O Museu do Cinema” (“The Cinema Museum”).

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The Tyrant Father
The Tyrant Father

2022

Comedy

Original Film Writer

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O Primo Basílio
O Primo Basílio

1959

Drama

Director

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O Primo Basílio
O Primo Basílio

1959

Drama

Screenplay

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The Presidential Journey to Brazil
The Presidential Journey to Brazil

1957

Documentary

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30 years with Salazar
30 years with Salazar

1957

Documentary

Director

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As Rodas de Lisboa
As Rodas de Lisboa

1951

Documentary

Director

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Frei Luís de Sousa
Frei Luís de Sousa

1950

Drama • Family • History

Screenplay

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Frei Luís de Sousa
Frei Luís de Sousa

1950

Drama • Family • History

Director

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0.1
Frei Luís de Sousa
Frei Luís de Sousa

1950

Drama • Family • History

Production Design

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Frei Luís de Sousa
Frei Luís de Sousa

1950

Drama • Family • History

Editor

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0.1
Lisboa de Hoje e de Amanhã
Lisboa de Hoje e de Amanhã

1948

Documentary

Director

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Lisboa de Hoje e de Amanhã
Lisboa de Hoje e de Amanhã

1948

Documentary

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O Cortejo Histórico de Lisboa
O Cortejo Histórico de Lisboa

1947

Documentary

Director

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Camões
Camões

1946

Drama • History

Writer

6.8
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Camões
Camões

1946

Drama • History

Producer

6.8
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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door

1945

Comedy • Family • Romance

Director

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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door

1945

Comedy • Family • Romance

Screenplay

8
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The People We Civilized
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Doomed Love
Doomed Love

1943

Drama • Romance

Director

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Doomed Love
Doomed Love

1943

Drama • Romance

Production Design

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Aniki-Bóbó
Aniki-Bóbó

1942

Drama • Family

Dialogue

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Aniki-Bóbó
Aniki-Bóbó

1942

Drama • Family

Producer

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The Courtyard of the Ballads
The Courtyard of the Ballads

1942

Comedy • Family • Music

Writer

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The Courtyard of the Ballads
The Courtyard of the Ballads

1942

Comedy • Family • Music

Producer

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The Courtyard of the Ballads
The Courtyard of the Ballads

1942

Comedy • Family • Music

Dialogue

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The Tyrannical Father
The Tyrannical Father

1941

Comedy • Family • Romance

Producer

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0.2
The Tyrannical Father
The Tyrannical Father

1941

Comedy • Family • Romance

Director

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The Tyrannical Father
The Tyrannical Father

1941

Comedy • Family • Romance

Writer

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The Tyrannical Father
The Tyrannical Father

1941

Comedy • Family • Romance

Production Design

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The Spell of the Empire
The Spell of the Empire

1940

Drama

Production Design

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The Spell of the Empire
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The Spell of the Empire
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The Spell of the Empire
The Spell of the Empire

1940

Drama

Director

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A Revolução de Maio
A Revolução de Maio

1937

Drama

Writer

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A Revolução de Maio
A Revolução de Maio

1937

Drama

Director

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Gado Bravo
Gado Bravo

1934

Director

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Maria of the Sea
Maria of the Sea

1930

Drama • Romance

Assistant Director

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Maria of the Sea
Maria of the Sea

1930

Drama • Romance

Screenplay

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Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

1930

Comedy • Documentary • History

Assistant Director

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Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

1930

Comedy • Documentary • History

Editor

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Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores
Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores

1929

Documentary

Assistant Director

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