# Ricardo Costa (director)

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

## 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. His film, Mists [pt], was displayed at the 60th Venice International Film Festival in 2003. It was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City in April 2011. His film, Drifts [pt], was released in 2016, followed by Cliffs in 2017.

## 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. 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. The group organized cinematic screenings in Paris at the Cinémathèque Française.

### Death

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

## Writings
### Articles
#### 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"

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

### Short and medium-length films

* No Fundo de Troia [pt] (1974)
* Apanhadores de Algas [pt] (1974)
* Agar-Agar [pt] (1974)
* Tresmalho [pt] (1975)
* O Trol [pt] (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)
* A Sacada (1975)
* Os Irmãos Severo e os Cem Polvos (1976)
* À Flor do Mar [pt] (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 [pt] (1976)
* Das Ruínas do Império (1977)
* 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)

## External sources

* Ricardo Costa at IMDb