Manoel de Oliveira
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday11 December 1908
Died2 April 2015 (age 106)
Place of birthPorto, Portugal
Known credits95
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 (…
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015 · Self (archive footage)
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
2015 · Himself
A Century of Energy
2015 · Director
A Century of Energy
2015 · Director of Photography
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
2015 · Self
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
2015 · Director
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
2015 · Screenplay
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
2015 · Editor
The Old Man of Belem
2014 · Director
The Old Man of Belem
2014 · Screenplay
Chafariz das Virtudes
2014 · Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self
Biette
2013 · Self
Invisible World
2013 · Director
Invisible World
2013 · Writer
Historic Centre
2012 · Director
Historic Centre
2012 · Screenplay
The Conquered Conqueror
2012 · Director
The Conquered Conqueror
2012 · Screenplay
Gebo and the Shadow
2012 · Director
Gebo and the Shadow
2012 · Screenplay
101
2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · Self
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
Guest
2011 · Self
Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira
2011
The Strange Case of Angelica
2010 · Director
The Strange Case of Angelica
2010 · Writer
The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision
2010 · Director
The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision
2010 · Screenplay
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
2009 · Director
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
2009 · Screenplay
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
2009 · Editor
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
2008 · Producer
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
2008 · Director of Photography
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
2008 · Director
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
2008 · Writer
Romance de Vila do Conde
2008 · Director
Romance de Vila do Conde
2008 · Screenplay
Romance de Vila do Conde
2008 · Producer
Romance de Vila do Conde
2008 · Director of Photography
Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
2007 · Himself
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Writer
The 15th Stone
2007 · Himself
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
2007 · Manuel Luciano (2007)
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