| José Leitão de Barros | |
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Leitão de Barros
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| Born |
October 22, 1896 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | June 29, 1967 (aged 70) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Film director, playwright |
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.