- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 22, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Porto, Portugal
- Died
- December 29, 2012
Paulo Rocha
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
Filmography
movieThe Life of Mirrors
2025
movieAround Rocha’s Table
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieIf I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013 · , Producer, Director, Screenplay
Encontros
movieEncontros
2006
movieThe Conquest of Faro
2005 · Producer
movieThe Swimming Pool
2004 · Producer
movieVanity
2004 · Director, Producer
movieQuerença
2004 · Producer
tvHistória do Cinema Português
2001
movieAs Sereias
2001 · Director
movieThe Heart's Root
2000 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
movieRiver of Gold
1999 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieThe Keeper of Herds
1999 · Producer
movieCamões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano
1998 · Director
movieShohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
1995 · Writer, Director
movieLisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
movieOn the Edge of the Horizon
1993
movieOliveira, l'architecte
1993 · Director
moviePortugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima
1993 · Director
movieXavier
1991 · Producer
movieThe Sound of the Shaking Earth
1990 · Hostel Doorman
movieSteel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
1988 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieThree Less Me
1988 · The Melomaniac
movieThe Mountains of the Moon
1987 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
moviePassagem ou a Meio Caminho
1986
movieThe Satin Slipper
1986 · Premier Prête
movieA Ilha de Moraes
1984 · Self, Director, Writer
movieIsland of Loves
1982 · Camilo Pessanha, Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
movieFrancisca
1981 · Doctor
movieA Pousada das Chagas
1972 · Director
movieVilarinho das Furnas
1971 · Idea
movieSever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
1971 · Director, Editor
movieChange of Life
1967 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieThe Hunt
1964 · Assistant Director
movieThe Green Years
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieActo da Primavera
1963 · Archival Footage Research, Assistant Director
movieBread
1959 · Assistant Director Trainee