Manoel de Oliveira
Born in Porto, Portugal — Dec 11 1908• Died Apr 02 2015
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Manoel de Oliveira was born in Porto, Portugal on December 11, 1908, to Francisco José de Oliveira and Cândida Ferreira Pinto. His family were wealthy industrialists. Oliveira attended school in Galicia, Spain and his goal as a teenager was to become an actor. He enrolled in Italian film-maker Rino Lupo's acting school at age 20, but later changed his mind when he saw Walther Ruttmann's documentary Berlin: Symphony of a City. This prompted him to direct his first film, also a documentary, titledDouro, Faina Fluvial (1931). He also acted in the second Por…
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To Each His Own Cinema
Directing
Lisbon Story
Himself
Cinématon
N°102
The Letter
Directing
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
Sodankylä Forever
Self
Belle Toujours
Directing
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
My Case
Directing
Doomed Love
(voice)
The Satin Slipper
Gentleman bowing with hat
Gebo and the Shadow
Writing
História do Cinema Português
Blind Man's Bluff
Writing
Guest
Self
I’m Going Home
Directing
The Life of Mirrors
Word and Utopia
Directing
Party
Directing
The Strange Case of Angelica
Writing
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
The Conversation Is Over
Padre
Inquietude
Tango Dancer
The Convent
Directing
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Manuel Luciano (2007)
The Cannibals
Directing
Magic Mirror
Directing
Invisible World
Directing
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
Narrator
Lisboa Cultural
Editing
Abraham's Valley
Directing
A Talking Picture
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
Fátima Milagrosa
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Writing
Francisca
Directing
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Self
Oliveira, l'architecte
101
White Coal
Editing
The Divine Comedy
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Screaming Madman (voice)
The Green Years
Historic Centre
Directing
The Fifth Empire
Directing
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
Self
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
Biette
Self
The Old Man of Belem
Writing
The Hunt
Directing
A Song of Lisbon
Carlos
Working on the Douro River
Directing
Aniki-Bóbó
Directing
The Uncertainty Principle
Directing
Romance de Vila do Conde
Directing
Past and Present
Directing
Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo
As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio
Directing
The Artist and the City
Directing
Porto of My Childhood
Himself / Narrator / The Thief
Day of Despair
Directing
Acto da Primavera
Directing
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Driver
Villa Verdinho - Uma Aldeia Transmontana
Directing
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
Himself
The Conquered Conqueror
Directing
Miramar, Praia das Rosas
Production
Cinématon XI
N°102
Portugal Já Faz Automóveis
Editing
Doomed Love
Narrator (voice)
The 15th Stone
Himself
Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra
Directing
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
Self
Lisbon statues
Camera
The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision
Directing
Bread
Directing
A Friendly Handshake
Conversazione a Porto
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
Camera
Do Visível ao Invísivel
Writing
Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
Himself
No Tempo do Cinema
Himself
Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo
Camera
Famalicão
Writing
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional
Production
A Century of Energy
Camera
O Improvável Não é Impossível
(voice)
Moment
Directing
Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira
Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira
Chafariz das Virtudes
Directing