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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Porto, Portugal

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Movie Involvements: 52

TV Involvements: 0


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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

Most Famous Work

The Green Years
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7

The Green Years

(1963) Screenplay
Island of Loves
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6

Island of Loves

(1982) Screenplay
Xavier
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6

Xavier

(1991) Producer
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
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7
As Sereias
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0

As Sereias

(2001) Director
The Conquest of Faro
Average
5

The Conquest of Faro

(2005) Producer
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
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6

Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

(1988) Screenplay
The Mountains of the Moon
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5

The Mountains of the Moon

(1987) Screenplay

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