Herlander Peyroteo

Herlander Peyroteo (also Herlânder Peyroteo , born August 11, 1929 in Moçâmedes , Angola , † April 18, 2002 in Lisbon , Portugal ) was a Portuguese director and television producer. He became known for both comic and serious productions and documentaries.

Life

Peyroteo came from a noble sideline. In his Angolan hometown he devoted himself to amateur theater as a child. As a boy he continued to play, even after moving to Lisbon, the capital of the then colonial power Portugal . There he temporarily attended the National Conservatory (now ESTC ) before completing a degree in architecture at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes art school. In the early 1950s he also founded the university theater Teatro Universitário de Lisboa , together with Fernando Amaro , the founder of the Casa da Comédia theater , who worked with Peyroteo on the recommendation of Almada Negreiro .

After an internship at the BBC in London, Peyroteo was one of the co-founders of the RTP and thus television in Portugal, of which he became a permanent employee before it began broadcasting regularly in 1957. He then became one of the most famous television directors in the country. He was particularly known for his theater productions for the RTP. He was responsible for around 100 productions, especially the series Noites de Teatro , which was initially broadcast live . His sitcom Lisboa em Camisa (German: Lisbon in a shirt) was a particular success with the public in 1960 . The critics also praised Peyroteo, a high point was his staging of Pedro, o cru (Eng: Pedro, the Rohe) in 1961. Peyroteo performed the play by António Patrício with around 150 extras in a small space. In 1961 he made his first feature film with the short film O Velho ea Moça , but he remained primarily connected to television. In 1962 he received the Portuguese Press Prize ( Prémio da Imprensa ) for his television work. In 1967 he shot his most important film, Um Campista em Apuros ( Eng .: A Camper in Trouble), with Florbela Queirós , Manuel Cavaco and Nicolau Breyner . A highlight of his television work was the production of the play A Castro in 1970 with Ruy de Carvalho in the lead role. The drama by António Ferreira (1528–1569) is based on the story of Inês de Castro . In 1970 Peyroteo received the Prémio Fernando Frazão Prize.

Even after the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974, he stayed on state television. In 1977 he was to become head of the first channel of the RTP, which only happened in 1978 after disputes over competency within the RTP leadership. In the same year he brought Altino do Tojal's play Os Putos (dt: The Bengel) onto the television stage as a multi-part, rated by the critics as one of the most outstanding Portuguese TV theater productions. But he also worked in other areas. In 1981 he directed the broadcast of the 18th music festival Festival da Canção .

In 1997 Peyroteo made one last television film, O Fusível ( Eng . : The fuse), with a script by Filipe La Féria based on a play by Peter Shaffer . Then he left the RTP and retired. In 2002 he died after a long illness.

Filmography (selection)

• 1959: Casa de Pais (TV movie)
• 1960: Lisboa em camisa (TV series)
• 1960: O Velho ea Moça (short film)
• 1961: O Inspector (TV movie)
• 1961: Jazz (TV movie)
• 1962: A Fábrica eo Homem (TV doc.)
• 1967: To Campista em Apuros
• 1970: A Castro (TV movie)
• 1975: Monserrate (TV movie)
• 1978: Os Putos (TV series)
• 1987: Que Pena Não Ser a Cores (TV series)
• 1990: Processo de Camilo (TV series)
• 1991: Terra Instável (TV series)
• 1997: O Fusível (TV movie)

Web links

• Herlander Peyroteo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

See also

• Portuguese film

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Herlander Peyroteo in the Infopédia , the online encyclopedia of the Porto Editora , accessed on June 15, 2014