António da Cunha Telles
Production
Born February 26, 1935 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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.
Filmography
Cherchez la Femme
Simon Calls
An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Self
Born with a Thunderstorm
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Rouge Brésil
América
Under My Skin
Chamo-me António da Cunha Telles
Sweet Valentine
Dores & Amores
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
The Dead Queen
True and Tender is the North
The Easy Way
Sleepwalking Land
Fragile(s)
The Mystery of Sintra
Theresa: The Body of Christ
Codename: Sintra
Flesh of My Flesh
Fin de curso
Animal
Volpone
Kiss Me
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Maria e as Outras
Le pays des enfants perdus
Anatomy of Hell
The Immortals
Il court, il court, le furet...
Aurélien
The Pact of Silence
Wounded
Ruy Blas
Les Frangines
Sex Is Comedy
Mausolée pour une garce
8 8
A Man is not a Cat
Anjo Caído
Mais Tarde
Querida Mãe
História do Cinema Português
The Invisible Circus
Les Filles à papa
Cavaleiros De Água Doce
Amor Perdido
The Bird Watcher
Aniversário
A Noiva
Hijos del viento
Alta Fidelidade
Mustang
Monsanto
Amo-te Teresa
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Jaime
Dribbling Fate
Bocage, the Triumph of Love
Death in Therapy
Foreign Land
Les Bidochon
Clubbed to Death
Un asunto privado
Pandora
The Jew
Fiesta
Antártida
Runaways
La rage au cœur
Une femme dans la tourmente
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
The Eagle and the Horse
Passagem por Lisboa
D'Artagnan's Daughter
On the Edge of the Horizon
Here on Earth
Rosa Negra
Coma
Shuttlecock
Feu Adrien Muset
Belle Époque
Dark at Noon
The Charlots Return
Napoleon
1871
Dédé
Love Comedy
Street of No Return
Contrainte par corps
Ennemis intimes
The Jester
Ballad of Dog Beach
Exit-exil
Saudades Para Dona Genciana
Lives
To Catch a King
The Guns and the People
Continuar a Viver ou Os Índios da Meia-Praia
Meus Amigos
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
The Circle
Seven Bullets for Selma
Change of Life
Alta Velocidade
Sunday Afternoon
Catembe
The Wheat and the Tares
Enchanted Isles
The Circular Triangle
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
Belarmino
The Soft Skin
The Green Years
Portuguese Vacation