Manoel de Oliveira
Birthday
1908/12/11
Day of death
2015/04/02 (106 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Porto, Portugal
Also know as
Manoel Candido Pinto de Oliveira, Manuel de Oliveira, Мануэль де Оливейра, Мануэл Ди Оливейра
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, titled...Read more
Acting
(1933) A Song of Lisbon
as Carlos
(1997) A Friendly Handshake
as ---
(2007) Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
as Manuel Luciano (2007)
(1997) Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
as Self
(2015) The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
as Himself
(2003) Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
as Self
(1928) Fátima Milagrosa
as ---
(2007) The 15th Stone
as Himself
(1993) Oliveira, l'architecte
as ---
(1993) Visit, or Memories and Confessions
as Self
(2011) Guest
as Self
(1983) Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo
as ---
(1997) Voyage to the Beginning of the World
as Driver
(1990) No, or the Vain Glory of Command
as Narrator
(1982) The Conversation Is Over
as Padre
(2001) Porto of My Childhood
as Himself / Narrator / The Thief
(1998) Anxiety
as Tango Dancer
(1994) Lisbon Story
as Himself
(2007) Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
as Himself
(1979) Doomed Love
as Narrator (voice)
(2005) Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) The Green Years
as ---
(2006) No Tempo do Cinema
as Himself
(2006) Conversazione a Porto
as ---
(2011) Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira
as ---
(1978) Cinématon
as N°102
(2012) 101
as ---
(2014) Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
(1981) Cinématon XI
as N°102
(1991) The Divine Comedy
as ---
(2010) Sodankylä Forever
as Self
(2011) Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
(1981) Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira
as ---
(2013) Biette
as Self
(2011) Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Himself
(1987) Já Está
as Self
(1994) Zona+
as Próprio
(2011) Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as ---
(1978) Doomed Love
as (voice)