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Manoel de Oliveira
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor Born: December 12, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal Biography:"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. However, after viewing "Walther Ruttmann"'s lyrical documentary "Berlin -- Symphony of a City" (1927), Oliveira's acting aspirations began to take a backseat to his increasing interest in filmmaking. In 1928, he bought a 35 mm movie camera and shot his first non-fiction film, "Douro, Fainafluvial", a chronicle of life in his native Oporto; it was released in 1931. Oliveira's interest in the documentary form remained with him throughout his life, and would greatly influence his later fictional features. In 1933, the... Full Biography
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