Acácio de Almeida

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Acácio Augusto de Almeida (born June 29, 1938 in the village of Souto, São João da Pesqueira district ) is a Portuguese cameraman .

Life

He graduated from high school in Viseu and went to Lisbon in 1959. There he began to set amateur films to music, and took a university degree with the film professor António da Cunha Telles . He first became camera assistant in 1964, with Jean Rabier , for Carlos Vilardebós As Ilhas Encantadas (with Amália Rodrigues , Pierre Clémenti and Pierre Vaneck ). A number of camera assistants followed. a. for António de Macedo , Elso Roque and Jorge Brum do Canto .

In 1967 he shot for the first time as chief cameraman, again for António de Macedo. He became known for his work on the successful film O Cerco (German: The Surrounding, 1970). Almeida was among the founding members of the Centro Português de Cinema , which was vital to the emerging New Portuguese Film . In 1977 he went to Paris as a scholarship holder of the Gulbenkian Foundation , where he a. a. worked with Néstor Almendros . In 1987 he founded the Inforfilmes production company, with which he now also worked as a film producer.

The sustained high standard of his work enabled him to become increasingly involved, also internationally. The French- speaking Almeida worked more often in France, especially with Raoul Ruiz . As a producer, however, he could not show any success, and he closed Inforfilmes after they could not finish a film on time, and they had not succeeded in the intended international distribution of the works. In 1998 he produced Leonel Vieira's debut film A Sombra dos Abutres (The Shadows of the Vultures) for the last time. He also took over the camera, for which he has received several awards, for example in Madrid and at the Brazilian film festival in Gramado .

Acácio de Almeida lives in Lisbon. He occasionally teaches film, for example at the University of Beira Interior (UBI).

reception

Acácio de Almeida is considered to be the most important cameraman in newer Portuguese films. In particular, his work for the Novo Cinema , but also his continued collaboration with directors such as Raúl Ruiz, Cunha Telles and Monteiro cemented his reputation as an efficient and perfectly formed cameraman. His feeling for light, for example in films such as In the White City or Á Flor do Mar , was one of the reasons.

Filmography

Camera (selection)

producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos : Dicionário do cinema portugués 1962 - 1988. 1st edition, Editorial Caminho , Lisbon 1989, p. 28f ( ISBN 972-21-0446-2 )
  2. ↑ www.filmreference.com , accessed March 12, 2013
  3. ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do cinema portugués 1989-2003. 1st edition, Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, p. 32 ( ISBN 972-21-1763-7 )
  4. ↑ www.imdb.com , accessed March 12, 2013
  5. ^ UBI website , accessed on March 12, 2013
  6. ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do cinema portugués 1962–1988. 1st edition, Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 1989, p. 29 ( ISBN 972-21-0446-2 )
personal data
SURNAME Almeida, Acácio de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almeida, Acácio Augusto de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese cameraman and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Sao João da Pesqueira , Portugal