José Fonseca e Costa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Fonseca e Costa

Portuguese filmmaker

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1933

Place of Birth: Huambo Province, Angola

Date of Death: 01-Nov-2015

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, film director, film editor

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH (June 27, 1933 – November 1, 2015) was a Portuguese film director.
He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo. Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.