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Manoel de Oliveira
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Overview
Born
December 11
,
1908
·
Oporto, Portugal
Died
April 2
,
2015
·
Oporto, Portugal
(heart failure)
Birth name
Manoel Candido Pinto de Oliveira
Height
5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Mini Bio
Manoel de Oliveira was born on December 11, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for
The Cannibals (1988)
,
I'm Going Home (2001)
and
Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007)
. He was married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on April 2, 2015 in Oporto, Portugal.
Family
Spouse
Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais
(December 4, 1940 - April 2, 2015) (his death, 4 children)
Trademarks
Frequently casts
Luís Miguel Cintra
,
Leonor Silveira
,
Diogo Dória
,
Michel Piccoli
,
John Malkovich
and
Catherine Deneuve
.
Static camera.
Use of every element in the frame as a symbol related to the story
Demands a very stylized acting from his actors, very theatrical and unnatural.
Trivia
Manoel died while working on a movie at the age of 106, making him the oldest filmmaker.
His first and second feature films were separated by 20 years.
Did not become a full-time Director until he was 73 years old.
He is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age.
Manoel de Oliveira's favorite films:
Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Melodie der Welt (1929)
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Rain (1929)
À Propos de Nice (1930)
City Lights (1931)
Rebecca (1940)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
Gertrud (1964)
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Marquise of O (1976)
Trás-os-Montes (1976)
The Other One (1981)
Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996)
River of Gold (1998)
Colossal Youth (2006)
.
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