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January 16, 1873 â June 17, 1937
Porto
Francisco Dias Ferreira dos Santos (Porto, January 16, 1873 â BagĂŠ, June 17, 1937) was a Portuguese film director, actor, film producer, and entrepreneur. He was the founder of Guarany FĂĄbrica de Fitas CinematogrĂĄficas, in Pelotas, the first studio built specifically for cinema in Brazil. The studio produced the short film Os Ăculos do VovĂ´ (Grandpa's Glasses), considered the oldest Brazilian fiction film with fragments still preserved. Santos still plays the main character iâŚ
