Award-winning film-maker of over 30 features and documentaries directed most recent work in 2014
Manoel de Oliveira, who was believed to be the world’s oldest film director, has passed away at the age of 106.
The Portuguese film-maker and screenwriter started his career in 1931 with a silent documentary about Porto, the country’s second biggest city, and went on to win two career Golden Lions from the Venice film festival as well as an honorary Palme d’Or from Cannes.
The
majority of his films were made after his 75th birthday. In his final three
decades de Oliveira became one of Portugal’s most well-known film-makers for
movies including The Uncertainty Principle and The Satin Slipper. He also
worked with international stars such as John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve in
The Convent and Voyage to the Beginning of the World with Marcello Mastroianni.
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