Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira GCSE GCIH
Oliveira in 1991
Born	Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (1908-12-11)11 December 1908 Porto, Portugal
Died	2 April 2015(2015-04-02) (aged 106) Porto, Portugal
Occupations	Filmmaker actor industrialist
Years active	1927–2015
Notable work	Douro, Faina Fluvial (1931) Aniki-Bóbó (1942) Acto da Primavera (1963) Past and Present (1972) Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) Doomed Love (1978) Abraham's Valley (1993)
Spouse	Maria Carvalhais ​ (m. 1940)​
Children	4, including Manuel Casimiro
Relatives	Ricardo Trêpa (grandson)
Awards	Legion of Honour Golden Lion (2004, career) Palm d'Or (2008, honorary)

Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira GCSE GCIH (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. He continued making films of growing ambition throughout the 1970s and 1980s, gaining critical acclaim and numerous awards. Beginning in the late 1980s, he was one of the most prolific working film directors and made an average of one film per year past the age of 100. In March 2008, he was reported to be the oldest active film director in the world.^[1]

Among his numerous awards were the Career Golden Lion from the 61st Venice International Film Festival, the Special Lion for the Overall Work in the 42nd Venice International Film Festival, an Honorary Golden Palm for his lifetime achievements in 2008 Cannes Film Festival,^[2][3] and the French Legion of Honor.