Mário Barroso

Mário Alberto Barroso Garcia da Silva (born August 15, 1947 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese cameraman and director .

Life

After dropping out of his law studies at the University of Lisbon and stopping off at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion (INSAS) in Brussels , he went to the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris , where he graduated as a director (1973) and camera (1976) made. In addition to making several short films on his own, from then on he mainly worked as a cameraman for French television productions. In the 1990s in particular, he was responsible for the camera for numerous television productions in France, for example for various episodes for Franck Apprederis ' television series Passeur d'Enfants , the numerous television films by Michaëla Watteaux and Henri Hellmann , or for the television series Joséphine, which has been running since 1997 gardien , u. a.

With his television film Aniversário , for the Portuguese television channel SIC , he directed a full-length feature film for the first time in 2000. This was followed by O Milagre segundo Salomé , a film based on José Rodrigues Miguéis ' polemical novel, which alludes to the apparition of Fátima , and which became a hit with the public (still among the most successful Portuguese films since 2004). For his film Um Amor der Perdição he won the Globo de Ouro 2008 together with producer Paulo Branco . The film was nominated for a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival that same year .

In Portuguese film , too, Barroso has so far been primarily a cameraman, and only secondly a director. He was responsible for the photography of films by award-winning directors such as Manoel de Oliveira and João César Monteiro. Here he stood out particularly because of his adaptability to the ideas of the various directors. However, he does not see himself as an actor: he embodied Camilo Castelo Branco twice for Manoel de Oliveira ( Francisca 1981, and Tag der Despair 1992), otherwise he only appears as an actor occasionally and in supporting roles.

Filmography (selection)

camera

• 1980: Kilas, o Mau da Fita ; R: José Fonseca e Costa
• 1983: Suez's Man (TV series); R: Christian-Jaque
• 1987: My case (Mon cas) ; R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1988: The cannibals (Os canibais) ; R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1988: Tous les nuages ​​sont des horloges; R: Raúl Ruiz
• 1990: Aqui d´El Rei !; D: António-Pedro Vasconcelos
• 1993: On the banks of the river (Vale Abraão) ; R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1994: The beggar's box (A caixa) ; R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1995: The Divine Comedy (A Comédia de Deus) ; D: João César Monteiro
• 1995: The monastery (Le couvent) ; R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1996: Vice vertu et vice versa (TV); R: Françoise Romand
• 1997: Ni vue ni connue (TV); R: Pierre Lary
• 1997: The John Wayne Basin (Le Bassin de JW) ; D: João César Monteiro
• 1999: Deus' wedding (As Bodas de Deus) ; D: João César Monteiro
• 1999: Superlove; R: Jean-Claude Janer
• 1999: Jesús (TV); R: Serge Moati
• 2002: Si j´étais lui (TV); R: Philippe Triboit
• 2003: Coming and Going (Vai e Vem) ; D: João César Monteiro
• 2005: Trois couples en quête d´orages; R: Jacques Otmezguine
• 2008: Comprend rien aux femmes (TV); R: Michaëla Watteaux
• 2009: Entre deux eaux (TV); R: Michaëla Watteaux

Director

• 1976: Strip (short film)
• 1978: Azulejos (short film)
• 1982: Le Doux Exil (short film)
• 1982: Visible / Invisible (short film)
• 1986: L'Attente (short film)
• 1991: José (short film)
• 2000: Aniversário (TV)
• 2004: O Milagre segundo Salomé (also camera)
• 2005: Carolina, Fernando e Eu (TV)
• 2005: Amigos Como Dantes
• 2005: Love Online (TV)
• 2008: Um Amor der Perdição (also camera)

actor

• 1981: Francisca; R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1992: Day of Despair ("O Dia do Desespero"); R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1993: On the banks of the river ("Vale Abraão", speaking role); R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1994: The Beggar's Box ("A Caixa"); R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1995: A Divine Comedy ("A Comédia de Deus"); R: Manoel de Oliveira
• 1996: Le bassin de JW; D: João César Monteiro
• 2002: Frágil Como o Mundo (speaking role); R: Rita Azevedo Gomes
• 2003: Coming and Going ("Vai e Vem"); D: João César Monteiro
• 2004: O Milagre segundo Salomé (also director)
• 2005: Amigos Como Dantes (also director)
• 2012: Operação Outono; R: Bruno de Almeida

literature

• Jorge Leitão Ramos : Dicionário do cinema português 1989–2003 Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, ISBN 972-21-1763-7
• A.Murtinheira & I. Metzeltin: History of the Portuguese cinema Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7069-0590-9

Web links

• Mário Barroso in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ A.Murtinheira & I. Metzeltin: History of Portuguese cinema , 1st edition, Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, page 152
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057825/awards
4. ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do cinema português 1989–2003 , 1st edition, Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, page 75f
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.