Manoel de Oliveira
Directing
46
Acting Credits
64
Directed
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, titled...
Known For
Filmography
The Life of Mirrors
2025
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
2015
as Himself
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
2015
as Self
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self
Biette
2013
as Self
101
2012
Guest
2011
as Self
Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
as Self
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
as Self
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
2007
as Manuel Luciano (2007)
The 15th Stone
2007
as Himself
Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
2007
as Himself
No Tempo do Cinema
2006
as Himself
Conversazione a Porto
2006
O Improvável Não é Impossível
2006
as (voice)
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
2003
as Self
A Talking Picture
2003
Porto of My Childhood
2001
as Himself / Narrator / The Thief
História do Cinema Português
2001
Inquietude
1998
as Tango Dancer
A Friendly Handshake
1997
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
1997
as Self
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
1997
as Driver
Lisbon Story
1994
as Himself
Zona+
1994
as Próprio
Oliveira, l'architecte
1993
The Divine Comedy
1991
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990
as Narrator
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
1990
Já Está
1987
as Self
The Satin Slipper
1986
as Gentleman bowing with hat
Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo
1983
The Conversation Is Over
1982
as Padre
Cinématon XI
1981
as N°102
Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira
1981
Doomed Love
1979
as Narrator (voice)
Cinématon
1978
as N°102
Doomed Love
1978
as (voice)
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
1975
as Screaming Madman (voice)
The Green Years
1963
A Song of Lisbon
1933
as Carlos
Fátima Milagrosa
1928