José Leitão de Barros, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Leitão de Barros

Portuguese filmmaker

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1896

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1967

Profession: painter, journalist, film director

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Libra

José Leitão de Barros (22 October 1896 – 29 June 1967) was a Portuguese film director and playwright. Among his most famous films are Maria do Mar (1930), the second docufiction after Moana (1926) by Robert Flaherty, the first Portuguese sound film, A Severa (1931), Ala-Arriba! (1945), and a biopic about Portugal's national poet, Camões (1946). He was born and died in Lisbon.