Luís Galvão Teles

Biography

Born on December 4, 1945, Luís Galvão Teles studied Law in Lisbon (1967) and Cinema in Paris (1968/70). Throughout his 50-year career in cinema, Luís Galvão Teles has held various positions as director, screenwriter, producer and distributor. He was an active participant in various film movements in Portugal before and after the revolution of April 25, 1974. That same year, he became one of the founding partners of CINEQUANON, a film cooperative that played a key role during the revolution. In 1997, he founded FADO FILMES, one of the most important Portuguese film production companies.

Directed

1. Dot.com (2007) — Director
2. The Guns and the People (1977) — Director
3. Life Is Beautiful (1982) — Director
4. Tudo Isto é Fado (2004) — Director
5. Women (1997) — Director
6. A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História (1978) — Director
7. Ice (2016) — Director
8. Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor (2016) — Director
9. Liberdade para José Diogo (1976) — Director
10. Death on the Tagus (1979) — Director
11. A Procissão dos Bêbados (1975) — Director
12. A Noiva (2000) — Director
13. Retrato de Família (1991) — Director
14. Glamour (2005) — Director
15. Cooperativa Agrícola da Torre-Bela (1975) — Director
16. Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho (1974) — Director
17. Vindima — Director
18. A Rapariga dos Fósforos (1978) — Director
19. Tales from the Mountain (2023) — Director
20. Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor (2019) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Life Is Beautiful (1982) — Priest
2. História do Cinema Português (2001)