Directing · b. 1908 · Porto, Portugal

Manoel de Oliveira

Biography

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 Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa (...

Directed

Visit, or Memories and Confessions 2015 A Century of Energy 2015 The Old Man of Belem 2014 Chafariz das Virtudes 2014 Invisible World 2013 Gebo and the Shadow 2012 Historic Centre 2012 The Conquered Conqueror 2012 The Strange Case of Angelica 2010 The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision 2010 Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl 2009 Romance de Vila do Conde 2008 O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta 2008 To Each His Own Cinema 2007 Christopher Columbus, The Enigma 2007 Belle Toujours 2006 Magic Mirror 2006 O Improvável Não é Impossível 2006 Do Visível ao Invísivel 2005 The Fifth Empire 2004 A Talking Picture 2003 The Uncertainty Principle 2002 Moment 2002 I’m Going Home 2001 Porto of My Childhood 2001 Word and Utopia 2000 The Letter 1999 Inquietude 1998 Voyage to the Beginning of the World 1997 A Friendly Handshake 1997 Party 1996 The Convent 1995 Blind Man's Bluff 1994 Abraham's Valley 1993 Day of Despair 1992 The Divine Comedy 1991 No, or the Vain Glory of Command 1990 The Cannibals 1988 A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional 1988 My Case 1986 The Satin Slipper 1986 Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra 1986 Lisboa Cultural 1984 Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo 1983 Francisca 1981 Doomed Love 1979 Benilde or the Virgin Mother 1975 Past and Present 1972 As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio 1965 The Hunt 1964 Villa Verdinho - Uma Aldeia Transmontana 1964 Acto da Primavera 1963 Bread 1959 The Artist and the City 1956 Aniki-Bóbó 1942 Famalicão 1941 Portugal Já Faz Automóveis 1938 Miramar, Praia das Rosas 1938 Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo 1937 White Coal 1932 Lisbon statues 1932 Working on the Douro River 1931

Cinematography

A Century of Energy 2015 O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta 2008 Romance de Vila do Conde 2008 As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio 1965 The Hunt 1964 Acto da Primavera 1963 Bread 1959 The Artist and the City 1956 Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo 1937 Lisbon statues 1932

Acting

The Life of Mirrors 2025 The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal Himself 2015 Jornal Português (1938-1951) Self (archive footage) 2015 Henri Langlois vu par... Self 2014 Biette Self 2013 101 2012 Guest Self 2011 Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira 2011 Agnès Varda: From Here to There Self 2011 Sodankylä Forever Self 2010 The 15th Stone Himself 2007 Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele Himself 2007 No Tempo do Cinema Himself 2006 Conversazione a Porto 2006 Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought Self 2003 Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember Self 1997 Lisbon Story Himself 1994 Oliveira, l'architecte 1993 Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi 1990 The Conversation Is Over Padre 1982 Cinématon XI N°102 1981 Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira 1981 Cinématon N°102 1978 The Green Years 1963 A Song of Lisbon Carlos 1933 Fátima Milagrosa 1928

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