Paulo Rocha

Known for DirectingBorn 1935-12-22Died 2012-12-29Porto, Portugal

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 studiesRead more

Movies & web series

Querença

Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano

Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker

The Swimming Pool

The Keeper of Herds

Three Less Me

The Satin Slipper

River of Gold

The Conquest of Faro

Oliveira, l'architecte

Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima

Bread

Change of Life

Passagem ou a Meio Caminho

Francisca

Xavier

The Sound of the Shaking Earth

The Hunt

Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência

Vilarinho das Furnas

The Green Years

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

Island of Loves

Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

The Heart's Root

The Mountains of the Moon

A Pousada das Chagas

Acto da Primavera

If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal

On the Edge of the Horizon

A Ilha de Moraes

Vanity

The Life of Mirrors

Around Rocha’s Table

Encontros

História do Cinema Português

As Sereias