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. Filmography Mal de Espanha (1918) O Homem dos Olhos Tortos (1918) (unfinished) Malmequer (1918) Sidónio Pais - Proclamação do Presidente da República (1918) (lost) Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores (1929) (the second part is lost) Festas da Curia (1927) Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica (1930) Maria do Mar (1930) A Severa (1931) As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1935) Bocage (1936) Las Tres Gracias (1936) Maria Papoila (1937) Legião Portuguesa (1937) Mocidade Portuguesa (1937) Varanda dos Rouxinóis (1939) A Pesca do Atum (1939) Ala-Arriba! (1942) A Póvoa de Varzim (1942) Inês de Castro (1944) Camões (1946) Vendaval Maravilhoso (1949) Comemorações Henriquinas (1960) A Ponte da Arrábida Sobre o Rio Douro (1961) Escolas de Portugal (1962) A Ponte Salazar Sobre o Rio Tejo (1966) See also Docufiction Ethnofiction Cinema of Portugal José de Matos-Cruz - Portuguese film historian References External links Portuguese film directors 1896 births 1967 deaths People from Lisbon Portuguese people of Brazilian descent