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  1. Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira GCSE GCIH (Portuguese: [mɐnuˈɛl doliˈvɐjɾɐ]; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about World War I.

  2. May 6, 2024 · Manoel de Oliveira (born December 11, 1908, Porto, Portugal—died April 2, 2015, Porto) was a Portuguese filmmaker, known for richly meditative and often self-reflexive films that were frequently inspired by literary and theatrical works.

  3. Manoel de Oliveira was born on 11 December 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for The Cannibals (1988), I'm Going Home (2001) and Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007). He was married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais.

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  4. Apr 2, 2015 · The BFI pays tribute to the master of Portuguese cinema, who made his first film in 1931 and his last in 2014. He was the oldest active filmmaker in the world and the last living one from the silent era.

  5. Manoel de Oliveira (pronúncia em português europeu mɐnuˈɛɫ doliˈvɐjɾɐ) nasceu numa grande casa com jardim na Rua 9 de Julho, [nota 1] freguesia de Cedofeita, no Porto, numa família burguesa do norte do país, com origens na pequena fidalguia rural.

  6. Apr 2, 2015 · Manoel de Oliveira, the acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker whose career began in the silent era, flowered in the 1970s with the end of authoritarian rule in his country and ended with a surge of...

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  8. Apr 3, 2015 · The average mall moviegoer might be baffled or sedated by his films’ tumid, dreamlike melancholy. Though nine of his films are available on Netflix, Oliveira’s work rarely reached U.S ...