Manoel de Oliveira

1908-

Biography: life and films

Manoel de Oliveira is a Portuguese film director and screenwriter. He was born in Oporto, Portugal on 11th December 1908.

His best films as a film director include Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo (1983), A Divina Comédia (1991), Party (1996), Je rentre à la maison (2001) and Rencontre unique (2007), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Convento, O (1995), Inquietude (1998), Je rentre à la maison (2001), Theodoros Angelopoulos's Chacun son cinéma (2007) and Rencontre unique (2007).

Manoel de Oliveira has so far directed 26 films (including 1 short), scripted 25 films and appeared in 4 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy-drama (5), Biography (4), comedy (2), Fantasy (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Manoel de Oliveira over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo (1983) [d]

Le Soulier de satin (1985) [d,w]

Mon cas (1986) [d,w]

Os Canibais (1988) [d,w]

'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (1990) [a,d,w]

A Divina Comédia (1991) [d,w]

O Dia do Desespero (1992) [d,w]

Abraham Valley (1993) [d,w]

Memories and Confessions (1993) [a,d,w]

A Caixa (1994) [d,w]

Lisbon Story (1994) [a]

Convento, O (1995) [d,w]

Party (1996) [d,w]

Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo (1997) [a]

Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo (1997) [a,d,w]

Inquietude (1998) [a,d,w]

La Lettre (1999) [d,w]

Word and Utopia (2000) [d,w]

Je rentre à la maison (2001) [d,w]

Um Filme Falado (2003) [d,w]

Espelho Mágico (2005) [d,w]

Belle toujours (2007) [d,w]

Chacun son cinéma (2007) [d,w]

Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) [d,w]

The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) [d,w]

Centro Histórico (2012) [d,w]

Gebo et l'ombre (2012) [d,w]

Mundo Invisível (2012) [d,w]



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