Henrique Espirito Santo

Henrique Espírito Santo was born in Portugal in 1931. Between 1954 and 1963 he worked as a film society manager and was the author of several cinema related articles in the magazines Visor, Imagem, Actualidades, and Seara Nova. In 1967, he became an actor as well as a producer of films, documentaries, and television shows. He also was a film publicist.

In 1976 he founded the production company Prole Filme and has taught film production in universities and film festivals since 1978. He has been a Production Manager for such directors as João César Monteiro, José Fonseca e Costa, Alberto Seixas Santos and Manoel de Oliceira. He produced Cerromaior by Luís Filipe Rocha (1980), one of the first post-revolution films to explore social issues. In 1998, he developed the children's workshop How to Make a Movie, and has been teaching it throughout Portugal ever since.

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