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Manoel de Oliveira

Birth Name:
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira
Birth Place:
Porto, Portugal
Profession
Director, Writer, Editor, Actor, Producer, Cinematographer, Sound department
Manoel de Oliveira

Fast Facts

  • The Cannes Film Festival honored him with a Golden Palm for lifetime achievement in 2008, and he also received career Golden Lions from the Venice Film Festival in 1985 and 2004
  • Began his career with a silent documentary about his hometown of Porto, Portugal, in 1931, and later made his first feature-length film in 1942
  • Was a pole vault champion and race car driver in Portugal before becoming a filmmaker
  • Quote: "[on his prolific career, in 1996] "I'm in a hurry․ I have too many stories to tell․""
  • Gained the attention of mainstream actors later in his career, with his 1995 film "The Convent" starring John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve
  • Released films infrequently for most of his life until he was 76, when he began directing about one film a year
  • Best known as a director and screenwriter who was the world's oldest filmmaker at the time of his death in 2015

Awards

  • 1981Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 1985Golden LionNominated
  • 1985Sergio Trasatti AwardWinner
  • 1986Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1988Palme d'OrNominated
  • 1988European Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1988European Film Award - Best Screenwriter:Nominated
  • 1988Best FilmNominated
  • 1988Critics Special AwardWinner
  • 1989Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1990Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1991Grand Special Jury PrizeWinner
  • 1991Golden LionNominated
  • 1993Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1993SACD Prize - Directors' Fortnight:Nominated
  • 1993Critics AwardWinner
  • 1993Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
  • 1993Best Artistic Contribution AwardWinner
  • 1995Palme d'OrNominated
  • 1995Best FilmNominated
  • 1995Prize of the Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's AssociationWinner
  • 1996Golden LionNominated
  • 1996Yoga Award - Worst Foreign Film:Winner
  • 1997Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special MentionWinner
  • 1997FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 1997Gold Hugo - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1997FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 1997Golden Globe - Best Director:Winner
  • 1997Golden Anchor AwardWinner
  • 1997Special Achievement Award - International Competition:Winner
  • 1997Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
  • 2000Golden LionNominated
  • 2000Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" AwardWinner
  • 2001Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2001Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2001Golden Globe - Best Director:Winner
  • 2001Critics Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2002Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2002Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2002Golden Globe - Best Film:Winner
  • 2002Golden Anchor AwardWinner
  • 2003Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2003Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2003Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2003SIGNIS AwardWinner
  • 2005Gold Hugo - Best International Feature:Nominated
  • 2005Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2005Carmel Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2005Golden Colon - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2005Cinemascape: World Cinema - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2005Kingfisher Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2005International Jury Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2005Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2005Vienna Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2006Festival Award - Best International Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2006Festival Prize - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006Directors' Week Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006Ibero-America Competition - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006Global Visions - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006Tiger Award - Tiger Award:Nominated
  • 2006MMFF Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2006MMFF Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006Menciones Especiales - Mención al director Manoel de Oliveira (El espejo mágico):Winner
  • 2006International Independents Section - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006Cine Latino AwardNominated
  • 2006Arthouse Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006InterFilm Jury Award - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2006Critics Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
  • 2006Audience Award - Best Foreign Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2007Lux PrizeNominated
  • 2007Grand Prix - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2007Prix Louis Delluc - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2008Golden Globe - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2009Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2009Andorinha Digital Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2010Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
  • 2010Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
  • 2011Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2012Narrative Competition - Special Jury Award:Winner
  • 2012Black Pearl Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
  • 2012Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2012ICP Award - Best Undistributed Film:Nominated
  • 2013Cinema Bloggers Award - Best Portuguese Film (Melhor Filme Português):Nominated
  • 2013Golden Globe - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2013Sophia - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2014Augusta Award - Grand Prix:Winner
  • 2015CinEuphoria - Best Director - National Competition:Nominated
  • 2015CinEuphoria - Best Film - National Competition:Nominated
  • 2015CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - National Competition:Winner
  • 2019Best Film of the 2010s - Best Film:Nominated
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