Ayres d'Aguiar

Portuguese film producer

Ayres d'Aguiar
Born	27 May 1896 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Died	19 December 2000 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Occupation(s)	Producer, Director
Years active	1933-1956 (film)

Ayres d'Aguiar (1896-2000) was a Portuguese film producer active in the Cinema of France.^[1]^[2] He also directed the 1940 comedy film Narcisse.^[3] He focused particularly on comedy films, a number of which starred Fernandel.

Selected filmography

The Scandal (1934)
Ferdinand the Roisterer (1935)
Jim la houlette (1935)
Forty Little Mothers (1936)
The Cheat (1937)
Ignace (1937)
The Kings of Sport (1937)
Barnabé (1938)
Narcisse (1940)
Roger la Honte (1946)
The Revenge of Roger (1946)
Forbidden Fruit (1952)
Children of Love (1953)

References

^ https://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/128957/ayres-d-aguiar
^ Guillaume-Grimaud p.205
^ Rège p.341

Bibliography

Guillaume-Grimaud, Geneviève. Le cinéma du Front populaire. Lherminier, 1986.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.