António da Cunha Telles
- Production
- February 26, 1935 · Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
- November 23, 2022
Biography
António Cohen da Cunha Telles was born on February 26, 1935 in Funchal, Madeira. He studied Medicine in the University of Lisbon. He went to Paris around 1956, studying film-making at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (IDHEC), graduating in 1961. His directing debut was made with the documentary "Os Transportes" (1962), and starts activity as a producer, becoming one of the essential names of the Portuguese New Cinema (Novo Cinema) movement. He produces "Os Verdes Anos" (1963) by Paulo Rocha and "Belarmino" (1964) by Fernando Lopes. In 1970, Cunha Telles directed his first feature-film, "O Cerco". Meanwhile, he established a distribution company (Animatógrafo) which becomes responsible for a revolution in the kind of cinema seen in Portugal in the first half of the 1970s. Eisenstein, Tanner, Jorge Sanjines, Littín, Glauber Rocha, Vigo, Gilles Carle, Karmitz, among others, became more familiar to the Portuguese audience through that distributor.
Known for
Filmography
- Cherchez la Femme · Director, Producer
- Simon Calls · Executive producer
- An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos · Self
- Born with a Thunderstorm
- In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
- Rouge Brésil · Producer
- América · Producer
- Under My Skin · Producer
- Chamo-me António da Cunha Telles
- Amor Cego · Producer
- Sweet Valentine · Producer
- Dores & Amores · Producer
- How to Draw a Perfect Circle · Producer
- The Dead Queen · Executive producer
- True and Tender is the North · Producer
- The Easy Way · Executive producer
- Sleepwalking Land · Producer
- Fragile(s) · Executive producer
- The Mystery of Sintra · Producer
- Theresa: The Body of Christ · Associate Producer
- Codename: Sintra · Production Executive
- Flesh of My Flesh · Producer
- Entre o Desejo e o Destino · Producer
- Fin de curso · Producer
- Animal · Co-producer
- Volpone · Executive producer
- Kiss Me · Director, Producer
- Julie, chevalier de Maupin · Executive producer
- Maria e as Outras · Producer
- Le pays des enfants perdus · Executive producer
- Anatomy of Hell · Executive producer
- The Immortals · Co-producer
- Il court, il court, le furet... · Executive producer
- Aurélien · Executive producer
- The Pact of Silence · Executive producer
- Wounded · Producer
- Ruy Blas · Executive producer
- Les Frangines · Executive producer
- Sex Is Comedy · Associate Producer
- Justice de femme · Executive producer
- Mausolée pour une garce · Executive producer
- 8 8 · Producer
- A Man is not a Cat · Producer
- Anjo Caído · Producer
- Mais Tarde · Producer
- Querida Mãe · Producer
- História do Cinema Português
- The Invisible Circus · Producer
- Les Filles à papa · Producer
- Cavaleiros De Água Doce · Delegated Producer
- Amor Perdido · Producer
- The Bird Watcher · Producer
- Aniversário · Executive producer
- A Noiva · Producer
- Hijos del viento · Co-producer
- Alta Fidelidade · Associate Producer
- Mustang · Producer
- Monsanto · Delegated Producer
- Amo-te Teresa · Producer
- Quasimodo d'el Paris · Producer
- Jaime · Executive producer
- Dribbling Fate · Co-producer
- Bocage, the Triumph of Love · Producer
- Death in Therapy · Producer
- Foreign Land · Co-producer
- Les Bidochon · Co-producer
- Clubbed to Death · Executive producer
- Un asunto privado · Executive producer
- Pandora · Writer, Director
- The Jew · Associate Producer
- Fiesta · Executive producer
- Antártida · Executive producer
- Runaways · Producer
- La rage au cœur · Executive producer
- Une femme dans la tourmente · Executive producer
- Le Cœur étincelant · Executive producer
- Paraíso Perdido · Producer
- Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
- The Eagle and the Horse · Executive producer
- Passagem por Lisboa · Producer