Paulo Rocha
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
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Films
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TV Shows
22
Crew Credits
Known For
13 Credits
História do Cinema Português
2001
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
Francisca
as Doctor
1981
The Life of Mirrors
2025
The Satin Slipper
as Premier Prête
1986
Island of Loves
as Camilo Pessanha
1982
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013
Three Less Me
as The Melomaniac
1988
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
1986
Around Rocha’s Table
as Self (archive footage)
2021
A Ilha de Moraes
as Self
1984
Behind the Camera
22 Credits
Vanity
Director, Producer
2004
Querença
Producer
2004
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
Director, Producer
1988
The Green Years
Director
1963
Island of Loves
Director, Producer
1982
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
Director, Producer
2013
Xavier
Producer
1991
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
Director, Writer
1995
The Mountains of the Moon
Director, Producer
1987
The Keeper of Herds
Producer
1999
Change of Life
Director
1967
The Conquest of Faro
Producer
2005