Biography
Manuel Guimarães (1915–1975) was a Portuguese filmmaker. In 1931, Guimarães studied painting in the School of Fine Arts in Oporto. He started to work in 1936 as a theater scenographer, illustrator and cartoonist, as well as a film poster designer. He became interested in cinematic art, and started out as assistant of directors as Manoel de Oliveira, António Lopes Ribeiro, Jorge Brum do Canto, Arthur Duarte and Armando de Miranda. In 1949, he directed the short documentary O Desterrado, a film about the life and craft of the Portuguese sculptor Soares dos Reis. Saltimbancos as his first feature-film, which is an adaptation of the novel Circo (Circus) of the writer Leão Penedo. The plot is centered on the life of a small travelling circus. Meanwhile, Guimarães worked in advertising in Metro Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1952, Manuel Guimarães directed Nazaré, whose script was written by the neo-realist writer Alves Redol, portraying the life of the fishermen from Nazaré. The film had several cuts caused by censorship. Vidas Sem Rumo (1956), script by Manuel Guimarães and dialogues by Alves Redol, suffered even worse cuts: about half of the film was cut and entire scenes were removed, becoming…
Directed
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Nazaré (1952) — Director
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Vidas sem Rumo (1956) — Director
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The Circus (1951) — Director
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My Little Seamstress (1959) — Director
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The Crime of Aldeia Velha (1964) — Director
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Resende (1970) — Director
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The Wheat and the Tares (1965) — Director
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O Desterrado - Vida e Obra de Soares dos Reis (1950) — Director
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Areia Mar - Mar Areia (1973) — Director
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O Porto, Escola de Artistas (1967) — Director
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Tráfego e Estiva (1968) — Director
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António Duarte (1969) — Director
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Cântico Final (1975) — Director
- A Terra e o Homem (1969) — Director
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O Ritmo na Vida (1968) — Director
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Artes Gráficas (1967) — Director
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Expressos Lisboa - Madrid (1969) — Director
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Ensino das Belas-Artes (1967) — Director
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Carta a Mestre Dórdio Gomes (1971) — Director
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Lotação Esgotada — Director
