- Born
- Died
- Birth nameManoel Candido Pinto de Oliveira
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Manoel de Oliveira was born on December 11, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for I'm Going Home (2001), The Cannibals (1988) and Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007). He was married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on April 2, 2015 in Oporto, Portugal.
- SpouseMaria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais(December 4, 1940 - April 2, 2015) (his death, 4 children)
- Frequently casts Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Michel Piccoli, John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve.
- Static camera.
- Use of every element in the frame as a symbol related to the story
- Demands a very stylized acting from his actors, very theatrical and unnatural.
- Manoel died while working on a movie at the age of 106, making him the oldest filmmaker.
- His first and second feature films were separated by 20 years.
- He is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age.
- Did not become a full-time Director until he was 73 years old.
- Manoel de Oliveira's favorite films: Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927) Melody of the World (1929) Man with a Movie Camera (1929) Rain (1929) À Propos de Nice (1930) City Lights (1931) Rebecca (1940) The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) Gertrud (1964) Belle de Jour (1967) The Marquise of O (1976) Tras-os-Montes (1976) The Other One (1981) Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996) River of Gold (1998) Colossal Youth (2006).
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