António da Cunha Telles

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António da Cunha Telles

Production February 26, 1935

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-maki…

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Belle Époque

Belle Époque

6.7 1992 Movie
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

7.1 1964 Movie
Anatomy of Hell

Anatomy of Hell

4.8 2004 Movie
D'Artagnan's Daughter

D'Artagnan's Daughter

5.7 1994 Movie
The Easy Way

The Easy Way

5.9 2008 Movie
Foreign Land

Foreign Land

7.2 1996 Movie
Quasimodo d'el Paris

Quasimodo d'el Paris

4.5 1999 Movie
Sex Is Comedy

Sex Is Comedy

5.9 2002 Movie
The Invisible Circus

The Invisible Circus

5.2 2001 Movie
The Pact of Silence

The Pact of Silence

5.8 2003 Movie
The Green Years

The Green Years

7.0 1963 Movie
Jaime

Jaime

7.1 1999 Movie

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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

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  1. 2026
    Cherchez la Femme

    Movie Director

  2. 2020
    Simon Calls

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2019
    An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos

    Movie Self

  4. 2017
    Born with a Thunderstorm

    Movie

  5. 2016
    In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo

    Movie

  6. 2014
    Rouge Brésil

    Movie Producer

  7. 2011
    América

    Movie Producer

  8. 2011
    Under My Skin

    Movie Producer

  9. 2010
    Chamo-me António da Cunha Telles

    Movie

  10. 2010
    Amor Cego

    Movie Producer

  11. 2010
    Sweet Valentine

    Movie Producer

  12. 2010
    Dores & Amores

    Movie Producer

  13. 2009
    How to Draw a Perfect Circle

    Movie Producer

  14. 2009
    The Dead Queen

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 2008
    True and Tender is the North

    Movie Producer

  16. 2008
    The Easy Way

    Movie Executive Producer

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  1. 2007
    Sleepwalking Land

    Movie Producer

  2. 2007
    Fragile(s)

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2007
    The Mystery of Sintra

    Movie Producer

  4. 2007
    Theresa: The Body of Christ

    Movie Associate Producer

  5. 2007
    Codename: Sintra

    TV show Production Executive

  6. 2006
    Flesh of My Flesh

    Movie Producer

  7. 2005
    Entre o Desejo e o Destino

    Movie Producer

  8. 2005
    Fin de curso

    Movie Producer

  9. 2005
    Animal

    Movie Co-Producer

  10. 2004
    Volpone

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 2004
    Kiss Me

    Movie Director

  12. 2004
    Julie, chevalier de Maupin

    TV show Executive Producer

  13. 2004
    Maria e as Outras

    Movie Producer

  14. 2004
    Le pays des enfants perdus

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 2004
    Anatomy of Hell

    Movie Executive Producer

  16. 2003
    The Immortals

    Movie Co-Producer

  17. 2003
    Il court, il court, le furet...

    Movie Executive Producer

  18. 2003
    Aurélien

    TV show Executive Producer

  19. 2003
    The Pact of Silence

    Movie Executive Producer

  20. 2003
    Wounded

    Movie Producer

  21. 2002
    Ruy Blas

    Movie Executive Producer

  22. 2002
    Les Frangines

    Movie Executive Producer

  23. 2002
    Sex Is Comedy

    Movie Associate Producer

  24. 2002
    Justice de femme

    Movie Executive Producer