The Satin Slipper Film director Manoel de Oliveira has died at the age of 106.
Manoel de Oliveira with his Berlinale Camera award in 2009 Photo: Volkmar Otto/Courtesy of Berlinale The Portugese filmmaker directed his first film - a silent documentary - Labour On The Douro River back in 1931 and went on to make more than 50 movies during his 84-year career. He is unusual in that the freqeuncy of his work increased markedly once he reached his 70s - largely because he faced censorship and a lack of funding during the dictatorship of Antonio Salazar for 30 years. He continued to work until last year, directing at least three films after he notched up his century.
He vied for the Palme d'Or at Cannes five times and was awarded an honorary Palme in 2008 for "blending aesthetic contemplation and technological innovations". Oliveira, who was a strong French speaker and made several films in French,...
Manoel de Oliveira with his Berlinale Camera award in 2009 Photo: Volkmar Otto/Courtesy of Berlinale The Portugese filmmaker directed his first film - a silent documentary - Labour On The Douro River back in 1931 and went on to make more than 50 movies during his 84-year career. He is unusual in that the freqeuncy of his work increased markedly once he reached his 70s - largely because he faced censorship and a lack of funding during the dictatorship of Antonio Salazar for 30 years. He continued to work until last year, directing at least three films after he notched up his century.
He vied for the Palme d'Or at Cannes five times and was awarded an honorary Palme in 2008 for "blending aesthetic contemplation and technological innovations". Oliveira, who was a strong French speaker and made several films in French,...
- 4/2/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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