Manoel de Oliveira

Personal Info

Birthday

December 11, 1908

Day of Death

2015-04-02

(106 years old)

Place of Birth

Porto, Portugal

Also Known As

Manoel Candido Pinto de Oliveira

Manuel de Oliveira

Мануэль де Оливейра

Мануэл Ди Оливейра

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).

Known For

Zona+

Cinématon

Doomed Love

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

The Conversation Is Over

Voyage to the Beginning of the World

A Song of Lisbon

Inquietude

Filmography

2024
Manoel de Oliveira, le cinéaste architecte
as Self (archive) - cineast
2015
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
as Himself
2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2013
Biette
as Self
2011
Guest
as Self
2010
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
2007
Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
as Himself
The 15th Stone
as Himself
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
as Manuel Luciano (2007)
2006
No Tempo do Cinema
as Himself
2005
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
as Self
2001
Porto of My Childhood
as Himself / Narrator / The Thief
1998
Inquietude
as Tango Dancer
1997
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
as Self
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
as Driver
1994
Lisbon Story
as Himself
1993
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
as Self
1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
as Narrator
1982
The Conversation Is Over
as Padre
1981
Cinématon XI
as N°102
1978
Cinématon
as N°102
1933
A Song of Lisbon
as Carlos