Luís Filipe Costa

Luís Filipe Costa (1936-2020) was born in Lisbon on March 18th. He abandoned his studies at the Faculty of Economics for a professional career in radio. He directed the News Service of Rádio Clube Português, which revolutionized radio journalism in Portugal in the 1960s. He received awards from the Casa de Imprensa for best radio broadcaster in 1966 and 1974, and the SER Award (Spanish Broadcasting Society) in 1968. As a director, he won the Hungarian Radio Award with the program "Quem tem Medo de Brahms?" (Who's Afraid of Brahms?). He voluntarily participated in the April 25th Revolution, reading the Armed Forces Movement's communiqués on RCP's microphone. He was decorated in 2010 with the Knight of the Order of Liberty. After April 25th, he moved to RTP, where he directed fiction films, documentaries, and plays. The film "Morte d'Homem" received the Grand Prize at the Chianchino Television Film Festival (Italy) in 1988 and the 2nd Prize at the Figueira da Foz International Film Festival. The documentary series "Há só uma Terra," which introduced the theme of ecology to Portuguese television programming, was awarded the Critics' Prize by the "Diário de Lisboa." He is the author of the novels "A Borboleta na Gaiola" and "Agora e na Hora de sua Morte." In 2011, he received the Career Achievement Award from the Brazilian Society of Authors.