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António da Cunha Telles

António da Cunha Telles

Production

February 26, 1935 – November 23, 2022 (died at 87)
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Male
136 Movies
5 TV Shows

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.

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

1994 6.5
Age 59 (now 87)
The Soft Skin
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964 7.1

Producer

Age 29 (now 87)
The Soft Skin
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964 7.1

Associate Producer

Age 29 (now 87)
Belle Époque
Belle Époque

Belle Époque

1992 6.7

Co-Producer

Age 57 (now 87)
D'Artagnan's Daughter
D'Artagnan's Daughter

D'Artagnan's Daughter

1994 5.7

Executive Producer

Age 59 (now 87)
Anatomy of Hell
Anatomy of Hell

Anatomy of Hell

2004 4.8

Executive Producer

Age 68 (now 87)
Foreign Land
Foreign Land

Foreign Land

1996 7.2

Co-Producer

Age 61 (now 87)
The Easy Way
The Easy Way

The Easy Way

2008 5.9

Executive Producer

Age 73 (now 87)
Codename: Sintra
Codename: Sintra

Codename: Sintra

2007 5.0

Production Executive

Age 71 (now 87)
13 eps
Sex Is Comedy
Sex Is Comedy

Sex Is Comedy

2002 5.9

Associate Producer

Age 67 (now 87)
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Quasimodo d'el Paris

Quasimodo d'el Paris

1999 4.5

Producer

Age 64 (now 87)
The Green Years
The Green Years

The Green Years

1963 7.0

Producer

Age 28 (now 87)
Jaime
Jaime

Jaime

1999 7.1

Executive Producer

Age 64 (now 87)
The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus

The Invisible Circus

2001 5.3

Producer

Age 65 (now 87)
The Pact of Silence
The Pact of Silence

The Pact of Silence

2003 5.8

Executive Producer

Age 68 (now 87)
Change of Life
Change of Life

Change of Life

1967 7.2

Producer

Age 32 (now 87)