Manoel de Oliveira


Birthday: December 12, 2008

Manoel de Oliveira ranks among Portugal's most renowned and prolific filmmakers. The son of a wealthy industrialist, he was born in Oporto on December 12, 1908. While attending school in Galicia, Spain, Oliveira excelled in sports and auto racing, but his long-term goal was to become an actor. To this end, he enrolled in an acting school founded by Italian filmmaker Rino Lupo in 1928. ...more
  • 1991
  • Venice International Film Festival
  • Special Grand Prize of the Jury
  • A Divina Comedia
  • win
  • 1985
  • Venice International Film Festival
  • Special Golden Lion for the Body of Work
  • win


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