Mário Barroso
Mário Alberto Barroso Garcia da Silva ( born August 15, 1947 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese cinematographer and director.
Career
After abandoning his law studies at the University of Lisbon and a stopover at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion ( INSAS ) in Brussels, he went to the Institute des hautes études cinématographiques ( IDHEC ) in Paris, where he received his degree in directing (1973) and camera (1976 ) made . In addition to several short films on their own, he began working as primarily as a cameraman for French television productions. Especially in the 1990s, he was responsible for the camera for numerous television productions in France, for example, for different episodes for Franck Apprederis ' television series passeur d' Enfants, numerous television films of Michaëla Watteaux and Henri Hellmann, or for ongoing since 1997 television series Joséphine, is gardien, including
With its TV movie Aniversário, for the Portuguese television channel SIC, he turned first time in 2000 as a feature film director in full length. O Milagre segundo Salomé followed, one based on José Rodrigues Migueis ' polemical novel movie that alludes to the Fatima apparitions, and a popular success was ( to this day among the most successful Portuguese films since 2004). For his film To Cupid of Perdição he won, together with producer Paulo Branco, the Globo de Ouro 2008. The film was nominated in the same year at the Film Festival Locarno Golden Leopard.
Barroso is also in the Portuguese film so far primarily cameraman, and only secondly a director. He was responsible for the photography of award-winning films directors, as Manoel de Oliveira's João César Monteiro or. Here he stood out for its adaptability to the presentation of the various directors. As a performer, he on the other hand does not see himself: he played twice Camilo Castelo Branco for Manoel de Oliveira ( 1981 Francisca, and days of despair 1992), otherwise it appears as a cast member on only occasionally and in supporting roles.