Manoel de Oliveira

Known For: Directing
Born: December 11, 1908
Place of Birth: Porto, Portugal
Died: April 2, 2015

Manoel de Oliveira

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 (1933). His first feature film came much later, in 1942. Aniki-Bóbó, a portrait of Oporto's street children, was a commercial failure when it opened, and its merit only came to be recognised over time. This drawback forced Oliveira to abandon other film projects he was involved in, and to dedicate hi…

Filmography

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 of Photography

Visit, or Memories and Confessions

2015 · Self, Director, Editor, Screenplay

The Old Man of Belem

2014 · Screenplay, Director

Chafariz das Virtudes

2014 · Director

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014 · Self

Biette

2013 · Self

Invisible World

2013 · Director, Writer

Historic Centre

2012 · Director, Screenplay

The Conquered Conqueror

2012 · Director, Screenplay

Gebo and the Shadow

2012 · Screenplay, Director

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

Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira

2011

The Strange Case of Angelica

2010 · Writer, Director

The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision

2010 · Director, Screenplay

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

2009 · Screenplay, Director, Editor

O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta

O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta

2008 · Director of Photography, Producer, Writer

Romance de Vila do Conde

2008 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Producer

Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele

2007 · Himself

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director, Writer

The 15th Stone

2007 · Himself

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

2007 · Manuel Luciano (2007), Director, Screenplay

Rencontre Unique

Rencontre Unique

2007 · Director

Belle Toujours

2006 · Director, Writer

O Improvável Não é Impossível

2006 · (voice), Writer, Director

No Tempo do Cinema

2006 · Himself

Magic Mirror

2006 · Director, Writer

Conversazione a Porto

2006

Do Visível ao Invísivel

2005 · Screenplay, Editor, Art Direction, Director

The Fifth Empire

2004 · Director, Screenplay

A Talking Picture

2003 · , Director, Writer

Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

2003 · Self

The Uncertainty Principle

2002 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

Moment

2002 · Director

Porto of My Childhood

2001 · Himself / Narrator / The Thief, Director, Writer

I’m Going Home

2001 · Director, Screenplay

História do Cinema Português

2001

Word and Utopia

2000 · Director, Writer

The Letter

1999 · Director, Screenplay

Inquietude

1998 · Tango Dancer, Director, Screenplay

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

1997 · Self

Voyage to the Beginning of the World

1997 · Driver, Director, Writer

A Friendly Handshake

1997 · , Director, Screenplay

Party

1996 · Director, Screenplay

The Convent

1995 · Director, Writer, Editor

Lisbon Story

1994 · Himself

Blind Man's Bluff

1994 · Adaptation, Director, Editor, Writer

Zona+

1994 · Próprio

Oliveira, l'architecte

1993

Abraham's Valley

1993 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

Day of Despair

1992 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

The Divine Comedy

1991 · , Writer, Editor, Screenplay, Director

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

1990 · Narrator, Director, Screenplay, Editor

Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi

Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi

1990

A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional

A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional

1988 · Producer, Director

The Cannibals

1988 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

Já Está

1987 · Self

My Case

1986 · Director, Screenplay

Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra

1986 · Director

The Satin Slipper

1986 · Gentleman bowing with hat, Director, Screenplay

Lisboa Cultural

1984 · Editor, Director

Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo

1983 · , Director

The Conversation Is Over

1982 · Padre

Francisca

1981 · Director, Screenplay

Cinématon XI

1981 · N°102

Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira

1981

Doomed Love

1979 · Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Director

Cinématon

1978 · N°102

Doomed Love

1978 · (voice), Writer, Director, Screenplay, Creator

Benilde or the Virgin Mother

1975 · Screaming Madman (voice), Screenplay, Editor, Director

Past and Present

1972 · Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay

As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio

1965 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound Designer

Villa Verdinho - Uma Aldeia Transmontana

1964 · Director

The Hunt

1964 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer, Sound Designer

The Green Years

1963

Acto da Primavera

1963 · Director, Sound, Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography

Bread

1959 · Director, Producer, Sound Designer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Editor

The Artist and the City

1956 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography

Aniki-Bóbó

1942 · Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer, Editor

Famalicão

1941 · Writer, Director, Producer, Sound

Miramar, Praia das Rosas

1938 · Executive Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director

Portugal Já Faz Automóveis

1938 · Editor, Executive Producer, Director, Writer

Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo

1937 · Director of Photography

A Song of Lisbon

1933 · Carlos

Lisbon statues

1932 · Director of Photography, Screenplay

White Coal

1932 · Editor, Executive Producer, Director, Writer

Working on the Douro River

1931 · Director, Writer, Editor

Fátima Milagrosa

1928

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