Ricardo Costa (director)

Ricardo Costa (25 January 1940 – 8 July 2021) was a Portuguese film director.[1] He wrote texts on cinema, vision, and language.[2]

This article is about the film director. For other uses, see Ricardo Costa.

Ricardo Costa
Costa in 2013
Born25 January 1940
Peniche, Portugal
Died8 July 2021(2021-07-08) (aged 81)
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationFilm director

Works

Costa's works were primarily composed of documentaries, many of them containing elements of fiction. He used direct cinema as a tool for salvage ethnography.[3] His film, Mists, was displayed at the 60th Venice International Film Festival in 2003.[4] It was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City in April 2011. His film, Drifts, was released in 2016,[5] followed by Cliffs in 2017.[6]

Biography

Costa studied at the University of Lisbon, where he obtained a doctorate in literature in 1969 after defending a thesis on the works of Franz Kafka.[7] He worked as a high school teacher and editor of sociological books. Following the Carnation Revolution, he became a professional film director and producer. He was a partner in the GRUPO ZERO alongside João César Monteiro, Jorge Silva Melo, Alberto Seixas Santos, and others.[8][9] The group organized cinematic screenings in Paris at the Cinémathèque Française.[10]

Death

Ricardo Costa died on 8 July 2021 at the age of 81.[11]

Writings

In Portuguese
  • "O olhar antes do cinema" (1982)
  • "A outra face do espelho" (2000)
  • "Jean Rouch do avesso" (2017)

In English
  • "Having to create" (2019)
  • "Having to be" (2019)
  • "Having to see" (2019)
  • "Having to do" (2020)
  • "Lecture"

In Portuguese
  • Os olhos e o cinema (1997)
  • Olhos no ecrã (2000)
  • Os olhos da ideia (2002)

In English
  • Happiness from the past to the future (2020)

Filmography

Feature films
  • As Armas e o Povo (1975)
  • Avieiros (1975)
  • Mau Tempo, Marés e Mudança (1976)
  • Abril no Minho (1978)
  • Castro Laboreiro (1979)[12]
  • Pitões, Aldeia do Barroso (1979)
  • Verde por Fora, Vermelho por Dentro (1980)
  • Longe É a Cidade (1981)
  • Ao Fundo desta Estrada (1981)
  • O Pão e o Vinho (1983)
  • O Nosso Futebol (1985)
  • Paroles (1998)
  • Mists (2003)
  • Drifts (2016)
  • Cliffs (2017)[6]

Short and medium-length films
  • No Fundo de Troia (1974)
  • Apanhadores de Algas (1974)
  • Agar-Agar (1974)
  • Tresmalho (1975)
  • O Trol (1975)
  • O Arrasto (1975)
  • Oceanografia Biológica (1975)
  • Ti Zaragata e a Bateira (1975)
  • Pesca da Sardinha (1975)
  • Conchinha do Mar (1975)
  • Às Vezes Custa (1975)[13]
  • A Sacada (1975)
  • Os Irmãos Severo e os Cem Polvos (1976)
  • À Flor do Mar (1976)
  • A Colher (1976)
  • O Velho e o Novo (1976)
  • A Falta e a Fartura (1976)
  • Quem só muda de Camisa (1976)
  • A Máquina do Dinheiro (1976)
  • Viver do Mar (1976)
  • Uma Perdiz na Gaiola (1976)
  • Nas Voltas do Rio (1976)
  • O Submarino de Vidro (1976)
  • Cravos de Abril (1976)
  • Das Ruínas do Império (1977)[14]
  • E do Mar Nasceu (1977)
  • Música do Quotidiano (1978)
  • Abril no Minn (1978)
  • A Lampreia (1979)
  • A Coca (1979)
  • Histórias de Baçal (1979)
  • Esta aldeia, Rio de Onor (1979)
  • O Pisão (1979)
  • A Feira (1979)
  • O Outro Jogo (1979)
  • Joaquim da Loiça (1980)
  • Pastores da Serra da Estrela (1980)
  • Barcos de Peniche (1980)
  • O Parque Nacional de Montesinho (1980)
  • Lisboa e o Mar (1982)
  • GIG (2014)[15]

External sources

References
  1. "Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa, aos 81 anos". Público (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. "A Look at Portugal". Cineuropa. 27 September 2002.
  3. "Une ethnographie de sauvegarde ?". Plozcorpus (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  4. "Venise 2003". Cineuropa (in French). Archived from the original on 3 December 2005.
  5. "Drifts (Derivas)". wixsite.com.
  6. "Arribas (Cliffs) - a film by Ricardo Costa". cliffs.name.
  7. "Franz Kafka : uma escrita invertida". comuf.com (in Portuguese).
  8. "Un cycle tout portugais". Cineuropa (in French). 27 September 2002.
  9. "Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis et le cinéma du Trás-os-Montes". Seances (in French). Archived from the original on 3 October 2008.
  10. "Cinemateca Francesa homenageia dupla Reis-Cordeiro". Público (in Portuguese). Paris. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. "Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa. Tinha 81 anos". Noticias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. Castro Laboreiro 1979 (YouTube) (in Portuguese). Valter Alves. 1979. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  13. Às Vezes Custa, Nazaré, 1975 (YouTube) (in Portuguese). Lisbon Souvenir. 1975. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  14. "Das Ruínas do Império". RTP Arquivos (in Portuguese). 1 May 1977.
  15. GIG (YouTube). Ricardo Costa. 2014.
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