Augusto Fraga

Augusto Fraga (9 October 1910 – 6 January 2000), born in Lisbon, was a Portuguese film director.

During the 1930s, Fraga was a journalist, a critic and a cinematographic illustrator. He was also director of the magazine Cinéfilo from 1938-1939 and collaborated in the creation of Animatograph and . In the following decade, he was editor of The Century until it closed and also of the supplement Success from the Lisbon Agenda.^{[citation needed]}

Fraga was a particularly hostile critic towards Nazi Germany's attempts at propaganda towards neutral Italy during World War II.^[1] This particularly focused on criticism of editing film that had been taken in a non-believable fashion, to the point that even a casual film-goer would be able to identify the changes.

Between 1948-1949 Fraga made short films in Spain as well as being a screenwriter. He would shift these professions to the radio in the 1950s. His two most successful films are [[O Tarzan do 5^o Esquerdo]] and .^[2][3]

Filmography[]

• Traição Inverosímil - 1970
• As Ilhas do Meio do Mundo (Documentary) - 1966
• A Voz do Sangue - 1965
• Vinte E Nove Irmãos - 1964
• ABC a Preto E Branco (Short Documentary) - 1964
• Uma Hora de Amor - 1962
• Um Dia de Vida - 1961
• Angola (Documentary) - 1961
• Raça - 1961
• Terra Ardente (Documentary) - 1960
• Terra Mãe (Documentary) - 1960
• O Passarinho da Ribeira - 1958
• Prisões de Vidro (Documentary) - 1958
• O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo - 1958
• Sangue Toureiro - 1958
• Paisagem Atlântica (Documentary) - 1947
• Fado do Emigrante (Documentary) - 1940

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