Domingos de Oliveira

Biography

Domingos José Soares de Oliveira (September 28, 1936 — March 23, 2019) was a Brazilian actor, playwright, stage director, TV host, poet and filmmaker. After getting a bachelor's degree in Engineering, he got involved in amateur theatre and soon started to get involved with cinema, specially with the Brazilian New Wave (Cinema Novo) movement. He served as assistant director to Joaquim Pedro de Andrade in short films "Manuel Bandeira, o Poeta do Castelo" and "Couro de Gato", and debuted as a film director with 1966's "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo". After that, Oliveira wrote over 20 stage plays, directed 18 films and hosted 3 TV shows, all in which he constantly worked with his partner Priscilla Rozenbaum. For his plays and occasionally self-starred very low-budget films often deal with themes of love and sex in a humorous and intelligent key, he became known as the "Brazilian Woody Allen". During his late years, Oliveira struggled with Parkinson's Disease, but kept working until his passing in March 2019.

Directed

1. All the Women in the World (1966) — Director
2. BR 716 (2016) — Director
3. Separações (2003) — Director
4. The Magnificent 8 (2017) — Director
5. Feminices (2004) — Director
6. Teu Tua (1979) — Director
7. Carreiras (2005) — Director
8. Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais (2011) — Director
9. Paixão e Acaso (2012) — Director
10. Childhood (2014) — Director
11. Juventude (2008) — Director
12. Amores (1998) — Director
13. Edu, Coração de Ouro (1968) — Director
14. Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer (2013) — Director
15. A Culpa (1972) — Director
16. As Duas Faces da Moeda (1969) — Director
17. É Simonal (1970) — Director
18. Vida, Vida (1977) — Director
19. Deliciosas Traições do Amor (1975) — Director
20. Aconteceu na Quarta-Feira (2018) — Director
21. Confissões de Mulheres de 50 (2020) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Redeemer (2004) — Justo (jovem)
2. Cat Skin (1962) — Waiter (uncredited)
3. Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — Self
4. Separações (2003) — Cabral
5. Feminices (2004)
6. Carreiras (2005) — Esteves (as Domingos Oliveira)
7. Juventude (2008) — Antônio
8. Amores (1998) — Vieira
9. Paixão e Acaso (2012)
10. Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais (2011)
11. Tarcísio & Glória (1988) — Ronaldo
12. Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021) — Self
13. Helena (1987) — Brandão
14. Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer (2013) — Napoleão
15. Vida, Vida (1977)
16. Domingos (2009) — Self
17. Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração (2013)
18. Deliciosas Traições do Amor (1975)
19. Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020) — Self
20. Dib (1997) — Self
21. Zimba (2021) — Self (archive footage)
22. The Doctor and the Monster (1972)
23. Contos de Verão (1993) — Jonas
24. Os Demónios da Liberdade (1976)
25. Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical (2002)
26. Clarice Niskier: Teatro dos Pés à Cabeça (2024) — Self (archive footage)