FILM DIRECTOR

Manoel de Oliveira

1908 - 2015

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Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (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. In 1931, he completed his first film Douro, Faina Fluvial, a documentary about his home city Porto made in the city-symphony genre. He made his feature film debut in 1942 with Aniki-Bóbó and continued to make shorts and documentaries for the next 30 years, gaining a minimal amount of recognition without being considered a major world film director. In 1971, Oliveira directed his second feature narrative film, Past and Present, a social satire that both set the standard for his film career afterwards and gained him recognition in the global film community. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manoel de Oliveira is the 90th most popular film director (up from 114th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 66th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Film Director.

Manoel de Oliveira is a Portuguese film director who was born in 1908. He is most famous for his films, which are often about the solitude of old age.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Manoel de Oliveira ranks 90 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Brook, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Howard Hawks, James Ivory, and Terry Gilliam. After him are Carl Theodor Dreyer, John Carpenter, Wolfgang Petersen, Aki Kaurismäki, Dario Argento, and Christopher Nolan.

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Among people born in 1908, Manoel de Oliveira ranks 37. Before him are Aden Adde, Michael DeBakey, Franz Stangl, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Joseph Rotblat, and Nelson Rockefeller. After him are Alfred Hershey, Willard Libby, David Lean, Victor Weisskopf, Tameo Ide, and Joseph McCarthy. Among people deceased in 2015, Manoel de Oliveira ranks 32. Before him are Leonard Nimoy, Kenan Evren, Val Logsdon Fitch, Ulrich Beck, Khaled al-Asaad, and Yoichiro Nambu. After him are Richard F. Heck, Otto Carius, Tariq Aziz, Maya Plisetskaya, Zito, and Eduardo Galeano.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Manoel de Oliveira ranks 58 out of 633. Before him are Afonso II of Portugal (1185), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), António Costa (1961), Denis of Portugal (1261), John V of Portugal (1689), and Mário Soares (1924). After him are Diogo Cão (1440), Afonso VI of Portugal (1643), John of God (1495), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), and Henry, King of Portugal (1512).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Portugal

Among film directors born in Portugal, Manoel de Oliveira ranks 1. After him are João César Monteiro (1939), Pedro Costa (1958), Eduardo Serra (1943), and Miguel Gomes (1972).

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