Manoel de Oliveira
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-12-11 (107 years old)
Deathday
2015-04-02
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). He also acted in the second Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa (1933). His first feature film came much later, in ...
Acting
1933
as Carlos
2007
as Manuel Luciano (2007)
1997
2015
as Himself
2003
1928
2007
as Himself
1993
2011
as Self
1997
as Driver
1990
as Narrator
1982
as Padre
2001
as Himself / Narrator / The Thief
1998
as Tango Dancer
1994
as Himself
2007
as Himself
1979
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1963
2006
as Himself
1978
as N°102
2012
2014
as Self
1981
as N°102
2010
as Self
2011
2013
as Self
2024
as Self (archive) - cineast
Production
2007
as Director
2009
as Screenplay
2009
as Director
2009
2008
as Director
2000
as Director
2000
as Writer
1986
as Director
2006
as Director
2001
as Director
2010
as Writer
2010
as Director
1942
as Director
2007
as Director
1990
as Director
2002
as Director
2003
as Director
1999
as Director
1997
as Director
1993
as Director
1995
as Director
1998
as Director
2012
as Screenplay
2012
as Director
1931
as Director
1931
as Writer
1981
as Director
2001
as Director
1979
as Screenplay
1979
as Director
2012
as Director
2006
as Director
1986
as Director
1964
as Director
1956
as Director
1959
as Director
1963
as Director
1988
as Director
1941
as Writer
1941
as Director
2012
as Director
1996
as Director
1994
as Adaptation
1994
as Director
1997
as Director
1983
as Director
2005
as Screenplay
2005
as Editor
2005
as Art Direction
1992
as Director
1972
as Director
2010
2010
2014
as Screenplay
2014
as Director
1938
1938
as Executive Producer
1984
as Editor
2008
as Director of Photography
1932
as Editor
1932
as Executive Producer
2008
as Screenplay
2008
as Producer
2008
as Director of Photography
1941
as Producer
2008
as Producer
2004
as Director
1994
as Editor
1994
as Writer
2006
as Writer
2006
as Director
2012
as Director
2012
as Screenplay
1965
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
1993
as Director
1964
as Director of Photography
2015
as Director of Photography
2015
as Director
2014
as Director
1991
as Writer
2006
as Writer
2006
as Writer
2003
as Writer
1964
as Writer
1964
as Editor
1964
as Producer
1963
as Sound
1963
as Screenplay
1997
as Writer
1975
as Screenplay
1990
as Screenplay
1990
as Editor
1993
as Editor
1975
as Editor
1993
as Screenplay
1999
as Screenplay
1981
as Screenplay
2002
as Editor
2002
as Screenplay
1986
as Screenplay
1975
as Director
2007
as Screenplay
2004
as Screenplay
1986
as Screenplay
1931
as Editor
2012
as Screenplay
1964
as Sound Designer
1991
as Editor
1991
as Screenplay
1991
as Director
1942
as Screenplay
1959
as Producer
1959
as Sound Designer
1963
as Editor
1956
as Screenplay
1956
as Editor
1956
as Producer
1956
as Director of Photography
1972
as Producer
1972
as Editor
1942
as Co-Producer
1942
as Editor
1959
as Director of Photography
1963
as Producer
1959
as Screenplay
1959
as Editor
1963
as Director of Photography
1972
as Screenplay
1998
as Screenplay
1984
as Director
1997
as Screenplay
1988
as Producer
1995
as Writer
1995
as Editor
1996
as Screenplay
2001
as Screenplay
1965
as Producer
1965
as Editor
1965
as Director of Photography
1965
as Sound Designer
1988
as Editor
1988
as Screenplay
1932
as Director
1932
as Writer
1938
as Director
1938
1964
as Director
1986
as Director
1988
as Director
1992
as Editor
1992
as Screenplay
1993
as Editor
1993
as Screenplay
1938
as Executive Producer
1938
as Screenplay
1938
as Editor
1938
as Director
2005
as Director
1932
as Director of Photography
1932
as Screenplay
1932
as Director
1937
as Director of Photography
1937
as Director
2001
as Writer
2014
as Director
1941
as Sound
2007
as Writer
2008
2008
as Director
2012
as Writer
2007
as Director
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