José Fonseca e Costa was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo. Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.

KNOWN FOR

Napoleon
1991
História do Cinema Português
2001
Your Neighbour's Wife
1988
The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir
1976
The Circular Triangle
1964
Five Days, Five Nights
1996
Ballad of Dog Beach
1987
Os Cornos de Cronos
1991
The Killers
1980
Las piernas de la serpiente
1970
The Guns and the People
1977
No Trace of Sin
1983

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
12
Directing
16
Writing
12
Producing
1
Editing
4
2016
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
as Self
2014
Alto Bairro
2001
Duplo Exilio
as Bernardo
2001
História do Cinema Português
1996
The Jew
as Surgeon
1994
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1991
Os Cornos de Cronos
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1990
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
1983
Jogo de Mão
as Judge
1981
Velhos são os Trapos
1964
The Circular Triangle
O Desassossego de Pessoa