Paulo Rocha
December 22, 1935 (89 years old) in Porto, Portugal
Paulo Rocha was born on December 22, 1935 in Porto, Portugal. He was a director and producer, known for A Ilha dos Amores (1982), O Rio do Ouro (1998) and A Raiz do Coração(2000). He died on December 29, 2012 in Porto. Abandoned Lisbon Law School to dedicate himself to the movies, and founded Cine-Clube de Lisboa (CCC) with Nuno de Bragança, João Bénard da Costa, Pedro Tamen and Alberto Vaz da Silva. In 1962, concluded his studies at IDHEC, Paris, France, but he says he learned more watching time and again Jean Renoir and 'Kenzo Mizoguchi' films than in academic film studies
Known For
Credits
- 2021 ·Around Rocha’s Tableas Self (archive footage)
- 2013 ·If I Were a Thief... I'd Stealas
- 2006 ·Encontrosas
- 1994 ·Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vistaas
- 1993 ·On the Edge of the Horizonas
- 1990 ·The Sound of the Shaking Earthas Hostel Doorman
- 1988 ·Three Less Meas The Melomaniac
- 1986 ·Passagem ou a Meio Caminhoas
- 1986 ·The Satin Slipperas Premier Prête
- 1984 ·A Ilha de Moraesas Self
- 1982 ·Island of Lovesas Camilo Pessanha
- 1981 ·Franciscaas Doctor