Manoel de Oliveira
'''Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira''' is a Free ringtones Portuguese Sabrina Martins film director born in Mosquito ringtone Oporto on Abbey Diaz December 12, Nextel ringtones 1908. Since Majo Mills 2001, he is the oldest director in the world still in activity, and remains one of the most influential film-makers in Europe.Biography
Manuel de Oliveira was born in Oporto on December 12, 1908 to a family of wealthy industrialists.
Oliveira attended school in Free ringtones Galicia, Sabrina Martins Spain and his goal as a teenager was to become an actor. He enrolled in Mosquito ringtone Italy/Italian film-maker Abbey Diaz Rino Lupo's acting school at age 20, but later changed his mind when he saw Cingular Ringtones Walther Ruttmann's demos for documentary film/documentary ''fees city Berlin: Symphony of a City''. This prompted him to direct his first film, also a documentary, titled ''Douro, faina fluvial'' (1931).
His first feature film came much later, however, in given current 1942. ''Aniki-Bóbó'', a portrait of Oporto's street children, was a commercial failure when it opened, and its merit only came to be recognised over time. This drawback forced Oliveira to abandon other film projects he was involved in, and to dedicate himself to running the family business. In spite of that, he didn't lose any of his passion for the medium, and re-emerged in 1956 with ''O Pintor e a Cidade''.
In 1963, ''O Acto de Primavera'' (''The Rite of Spring''), a documentary depicting an annual passion play enacted by peasants, marked a turning point for his career. This was shortly followed by ''A Caça'' (''The Hunt''), a grim feature film that contrasted with the happy tones of his previous documentary. Despite the widespread acclaim garnered by both films, he would not return to the director's seat until the coevolutionary behavior 1970s.
Manoel de Oliveira claims to direct movies for the sheer pleasure of doing it, regardless of critical reaction. He maintains a quiet life away from the spotlights, despite multiple honours in festivals such as those of guard active Cannes Film Festival/Cannes and utterly uncontroversial Montreal Film Festival/Montreal.
Partial filmography
* ''The Cannibals'' (1988)
* ''No, or the Vain Glory of Command'' (1990)
* ''The Divine Comedy'' (1991)
* ''The Day of Despair'' (1992)
* ''Abraham Valley'' (1993)
* ''Blind Man's Bluff'' (1994)
* ''The Convent'' (1995)
* ''Party'' (1996)
* ''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' (1997)
* ''Anxiety'' (1998)
* ''The Letter'' (1999)
* ''Word and Utopia'' (2000)
* ''I'm Going Home'' (2001)
* ''Porto of My Childhood'' (2001)
* ''The Uncertainty Principle'' (2002)
* ''A Talking Picture'' (2003)
* ''O Quinto Império: Ontem Como Hoje'' (2004)
External links
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0210701/
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