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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