Manoel de Oliveira

Biography

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 himself to running his family vineyard. He re-emerged onto the film scene in 1956 with The Artist and the City, a work that marked a turning point in Oliveira's conception of the cinema. In 1963, O Acto de Primavera (The Rite of Spring), a documentary depicting an annual passion play, marked a turning…

Directed

1. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Director
2. The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) — Director
3. Aniki-Bóbó (1942) — Director
4. A Talking Picture (2003) — Director
5. I’m Going Home (2001) — Director
6. Abraham's Valley (1993) — Director
7. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009) — Director
8. Working on the Douro River (1931) — Director
9. Francisca (1981) — Director
10. The Convent (1995) — Director
11. No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990) — Director
12. Belle Toujours (2006) — Director
13. The Cannibals (1988) — Director
14. Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997) — Director
15. Porto of My Childhood (2001) — Director
16. Doomed Love (1979) — Director
17. The Divine Comedy (1991) — Director
18. Gebo and the Shadow (2012) — Director
19. The Artist and the City (1956) — Director
20. The Hunt (1964) — Director
21. Visit, or Memories and Confessions (2015) — Director
22. The Letter (1999) — Director
23. Historic Centre (2012) — Director
24. Party (1996) — Director
25. Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) — Director
26. Blind Man's Bluff (1994) — Director
27. Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (2007) — Director
28. Magic Mirror (2006) — Director
29. Word and Utopia (2000) — Director
30. Invisible World (2013) — Director
31. Day of Despair (1992) — Director
32. The Satin Slipper (1986) — Director
33. The Uncertainty Principle (2002) — Director
34. Inquietude (1998) — Director
35. Acto da Primavera (1963) — Director
36. Past and Present (1972) — Director
37. A Century of Energy (2015) — Director
38. Famalicão (1941) — Director
39. The Fifth Empire (2004) — Director
40. My Case (1986) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Lisbon Story (1994) — Himself
2. A Talking Picture (2003)
3. A Song of Lisbon (1933) — Carlos
4. The Green Years (1963)
5. No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990) — Narrator
6. Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997) — Driver
7. Porto of My Childhood (2001) — Himself / Narrator / The Thief
8. Doomed Love (1979) — Narrator (voice)
9. The Divine Comedy (1991)
10. Visit, or Memories and Confessions (2015) — Self
11. Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) — Screaming Madman (voice)
12. Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
13. Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (2007) — Manuel Luciano (2007)
14. Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997) — Self
15. The Conversation Is Over (1982) — Padre
16. The Satin Slipper (1986) — Gentleman bowing with hat
17. Inquietude (1998) — Tango Dancer
18. Guest (2011) — Self
19. Cinématon (1978) — N°102
20. Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011) — Self
21. Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011) — Self
22. The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal (2015) — Himself
23. The 15th Stone (2007) — Himself
24. Doomed Love (1978) — (voice)
25. Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo (1983)
26. 101 (2012)
27. Fátima Milagrosa (1928)
28. Oliveira, l'architecte (1993)
29. Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — Self
30. O Improvável Não é Impossível (2006) — (voice)
31. Zona+ (1994) — Próprio
32. A Friendly Handshake (1997)
33. Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought (2003) — Self
34. Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele (2007) — Himself
35. Jornal Português (1938-1951) (2015) — Self (archive footage)
36. No Tempo do Cinema (2006) — Himself
37. Conversazione a Porto (2006)
38. Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira (2011)
39. Cinématon XI (1981) — N°102
40. Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira (1981)