João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003. João César Monteiro was born into a family with anti-clerical and anti-fascist ideals. His family moved to Lisbon when Monteiro was 15 years old to enable him to continue his studies. In 1963, with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Monteiro traveled to Great Britain to study at the London School of Film Technique. In 1965 in Portugal, he began work on his first film, Quem... Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço , which would not be finished for five years due to financial problems. At the same time, he made the short documentary "Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen", about a Portuguese poet. Monteiro also wrote film criticism for periodicals like Imagem, Diário de Lisboa and O Século. His first feature film was Fragmentos de um Filme Esmola: A Sagrada Família . In 1982 he made Silvestre an adaptation of traditional Portuguese folk stories.
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| Birthdate: | February 2, 1939 |
| Birthplace: | Figueira da Foz |
| Date of death: | February 3, 2003 |
| Also known as: | Joao Cesar Monteiro, Jopao Cesar Monteiro |