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António da Cunha Telles

Beruf
Produktion
Geboren
26. Februar 1935 · Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Gestorben
23. November 2022

Biografie

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.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Die süße Haut
Die süße Haut
Film · 1964 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Belle Époque - Saison der Liebe
Belle Époque - Saison der Liebe
Film · 1992 · ★ 6,7
Poster zu Anatomie der Hölle
Anatomie der Hölle
Film · 2004 · ★ 4,8
Poster zu D'Artagnans Tochter
D'Artagnans Tochter
Film · 1994 · ★ 5,6
Poster zu Foreign Land
Foreign Land
Film · 1996 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu Quasimodo d'el Paris
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Film · 1999 · ★ 4,5
Poster zu Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence
Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence
Film · 2008 · ★ 5,9
Poster zu Sex is Comedy
Sex is Comedy
Film · 2002 · ★ 5,8
Poster zu The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus
Film · 2001 · ★ 5,2
Poster zu Os Verdes Anos
Os Verdes Anos
Film · 1963 · ★ 7,0
Poster zu Jaime
Jaime
Film · 1999 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Pakt des Schweigens
Pakt des Schweigens
Film · 2003 · ★ 5,8

Filmografie