Rui Simões is a Portuguese film director and producer born in Lisbon on 20^th of March 1944. He dedicates himself to political cinema (documentary) and theater and ballet filming. He left Portugal in 1966 for political reasons (to avoid participating in colonial war). Simões lived in Paris and Brussels where he attended the course of Film and Television Directing in Institut des Arts de Diffusion. He came back to Portugal after 25^th of April and since then works as a film director, producer and cinema professor. He is responsible for production company Real Ficção. By now he directed the following films: Deus, Pátria, Autoridade (God, Homeland, Authority, 1976), Bom Povo Português (Good Portuguese Peoples, 1980), Ensaio Sobre o Teatro (Essay About the Theater, 2006), Ruas da Amargura (Streets of Bitterness, 2009), Ilha da Cova da Moura (Island Of Cova da Moura, 2010), Guerra ou Paz (War ou Peace, 2012), Kolá San Jon É Festa di Kau Berdi (2011), Ole António Ole (2013), Alto Bairro (2014).