António da Cunha Telles

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Production

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 (2026)
• Simon Calls (2020)
• An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos (2019)
• Born with a Thunderstorm (2017)
• In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo (2016)
• Rouge Brésil (2014)
• América (2011)
• Under My Skin (2011)
• Chamo-me António da Cunha Telles (2010)
• Amor Cego (2010)
• Sweet Valentine (2010)
• Dores & Amores (2010)
• How to Draw a Perfect Circle (2009)
• The Dead Queen (2009)
• True and Tender is the North (2008)
• The Easy Way (2008)
• Sleepwalking Land (2007)
• Fragile(s) (2007)
• The Mystery of Sintra (2007)
• Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
• Flesh of My Flesh (2006)
• Entre o Desejo e o Destino (2005)
• Fin de curso (2005)
• Animal (2005)
• Volpone (2004)
• Kiss Me (2004)
• Maria e as Outras (2004)
• Le pays des enfants perdus (2004)
• Anatomy of Hell (2004)
• The Immortals (2003)
• Il court, il court, le furet... (2003)
• The Pact of Silence (2003)
• Wounded (2003)
• Ruy Blas (2002)
• Les Frangines (2002)
• Sex Is Comedy (2002)
• Justice de femme (2002)
• Mausolée pour une garce (2001)
• 8 8 (2001)
• A Man is not a Cat (2001)
• Anjo Caído (2001)
• Mais Tarde (2001)
• Querida Mãe (2001)
• The Invisible Circus (2001)
• Les Filles à papa (2001)
• Cavaleiros De Água Doce (2001)
• Amor Perdido (2000)
• The Bird Watcher (2000)
• Aniversário (2000)
• A Noiva (2000)
• Hijos del viento (2000)
• Alta Fidelidade (2000)
• Mustang (2000)
• Monsanto (2000)
• Amo-te Teresa (2000)
• Quasimodo d'el Paris (1999)
• Jaime (1999)
• Dribbling Fate (1998)
• Bocage, the Triumph of Love (1997)
• Death in Therapy (1996)
• Foreign Land (1996)
• Les Bidochon (1996)
• Clubbed to Death (1996)
• Un asunto privado (1996)
• Pandora (1996)
• The Jew (1996)
• Fiesta (1995)
• Antártida (1995)
• Runaways (1995)
• La rage au cœur (1995)
• Une femme dans la tourmente (1995)
• Le Cœur étincelant (1995)
• Paraíso Perdido (1995)
• Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista (1994)
• The Eagle and the Horse (1994)
• Passagem por Lisboa (1994)
• D'Artagnan's Daughter (1994)
• On the Edge of the Horizon (1993)
• Here on Earth (1993)
• Rosa Negra (1993)
• Coma (1993)
• Shuttlecock (1993)
• Feu Adrien Muset (1992)
• Belle Époque (1992)
• Dark at Noon (1992)
• The Charlots Return (1992)
• Requiem for a Daffodil (1992)
• 1871 (1990)
• Dédé (1990)
• Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi (1990)
• Love Comedy (1989)
• Street of No Return (1989)
• Le commissaire épate le FBI (1989)
• Contrainte par corps (1988)
• Ennemis intimes (1987)
• The Jester (1987)
• Ballad of Dog Beach (1987)
• Exit-exil (1986)
• Saudades Para Dona Genciana (1986)
• Lives (1984)
• To Catch a King (1984)
• The Guns and the People (1977)
• Continuar a Viver ou Os Índios da Meia-Praia (1977)
• Meus Amigos (1974)
• Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência (1971)
• The Circle (1970)
• Seven Bullets for Selma (1967)
• Change of Life (1967)
• Alta Velocidade (1967)
• Sunday Afternoon (1966)
• Catembe (1965)
• The Wheat and the Tares (1965)
• Enchanted Isles (1965)
• The Circular Triangle (1964)
• The Crime of Aldeia Velha (1964)
• Belarmino (1964)
• The Soft Skin (1964)
• The Green Years (1963)
• Portuguese Vacation (1963)