Paulo Rocha
Born: 1935-12-22 in Porto, Portugal
Died: 2012-12-29
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
Filmography
2025
2021
- Around Rocha’s Table as Self (archive footage)
2006
2005
- The Conquest of Faro ... (Producer)
2004
- The Swimming Pool ... (Producer)
- Vanity ... (Director)
- Querença ... (Producer)
2001
- As Sereias ... (Director)
- História do Cinema Português
2000
- The Heart's Root ... (Director)
1999
- The Keeper of Herds ... (Producer)
1998
- River of Gold ... (Director)
- Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano ... (Director)
1995
- Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker ... (Director)
1993
- On the Edge of the Horizon
- Oliveira, l'architecte ... (Director)
- Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima ... (Director)
1991
- Xavier ... (Producer)
1990
- The Sound of the Shaking Earth as Hostel Doorman
1988
- Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss ... (Director)
- Three Less Me as The Melomaniac
1987
- The Mountains of the Moon ... (Director)
1986
- The Satin Slipper as Premier Prête
- Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
1984
- A Ilha de Moraes as Self
1982
- Island of Loves as Camilo Pessanha
1981
- Francisca as Doctor
1972
- A Pousada das Chagas ... (Director)
1971
- Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência ... (Director)
- Vilarinho das Furnas ... (Idea)
1967
- Change of Life ... (Director)
1964
- The Hunt ... (Assistant Director)
1963
- Acto da Primavera ... (Archival Footage Research)
- The Green Years ... (Director)
1959
- Bread ... (Assistant Director Trainee)