Manoel de Oliveira
Directing
Born December 11, 1908 · Porto, Portugal
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 (…
Known For · 40 titles
Ciné regards
Hitler in Hollywood
Doomed Love
História do Cinema Português
Fátima Milagrosa
Zona+
Já Está
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
A Talking Picture
Guest
Doomed Love
Henri Langlois vu par...
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Lisbon Story
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Cinématon
Conversazione a Porto
The Life of Mirrors
The Satin Slipper
Cinématon XI
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
The 15th Stone
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
The Divine Comedy
Porto of My Childhood
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
A Song of Lisbon
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
O Improvável Não é Impossível
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
Inquietude
The Green Years
Biette
Oliveira, l'architecte
No Tempo do Cinema
Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo
Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira