- Born
- Died
- Birth nameManoel Candido Pinto de Oliveira
- Height1.75 m
- Manoel de Oliveira was born on December 11, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Les cannibales (1988), Je rentre à la maison (2001) and Voyage au début du monde (1997). He was married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on April 2, 2015 in Oporto, Portugal.
- SpouseMaria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais(December 4, 1940 - April 2, 2015) (his death, 4 children)
- 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.
- 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.
- He is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age.
- Did not become a full-time Director until he was 73 years old.
- Manoel de Oliveira's favorite films: Berlin, symphonie d'une grande ville (1927) La mélodie du monde (1929) L'Homme à la caméra (1929) La pluie (1929) À propos de Nice (1930) Les Lumières de la ville (1931) Rebecca (1940) L'Évangile selon saint Matthieu (1964) Gertrud (1964) Belle de jour (1967) La marquise d'O... (1976) Trás-os-Montes (1976) Moi, l'autre (1981) Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996) Le fleuve d'or (1998) En avant, jeunesse! (2006).
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