Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1935-12-22
Day of Death
2012-12-29
Place of Birth
Porto, Portugal
Paulo Rocha
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 (13)
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Life of Mirrors
2025
⭐ 0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Around Rocha’s Table
2021
⭐ 5.4
Role:
Unknown
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Encontros
2006
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Unknown
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Unknown
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Hostel Doorman
The Sound of the Shaking Earth
1990
⭐ 7.5
Role:
The Melomaniac
Three Less Me
1988
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Unknown
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
1986
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Premier Prête
The Satin Slipper
1986
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Self
A Ilha de Moraes
1984
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Camilo Pessanha
Island of Loves
1982
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Doctor