Paulo Rocha
Birthday
1935/12/22
Day of death
2012/12/29 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Porto, Portugal
Also know as
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Biography
Paulo Rocha was born on December 22, 1935 in Porto, Portugal. He was a director and producer, known for A Ilha dos Amores (1982), O Rio do Ouro (1998) and A Raiz do Coração(2000). He died on December 29, 2012 in Porto. Abandoned Lisbon Law School to dedicate himself to the movies, and founded Cine-Clube de Lisboa (CCC) with Nuno de Bragança, João Bénard da Costa, Pedro Tamen and Alberto Vaz da Silva. In 1962, concluded his studies at IDHEC, Paris, France, but he says he learned more watching time and again Jean Renoir and 'Kenzo Mizoguchi' films than in academic film studies
Acting
(1981) Francisca
as Doctor
(2013) If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
as ---
(1984) A Ilha de Moraes
as Self
(2006) Encontros
as ---
(1986) The Satin Slipper
as Premier Prête
(1982) Island of Loves
as Camilo Pessanha
(1988) Three Less Me
as The Melomaniac
(1993) On the Edge of the Horizon
as ---
(1990) The Sound of the Shaking Earth
as Hostel Doorman
(1994) Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
as ---
(1986) Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
as ---
(2021) Around Rocha’s Table
as Self (archive footage)