António da Cunha Telles
ProductionAntónio 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
The Soft Skin
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How to Draw a Perfect Circle
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The Invisible Circus
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Shuttlecock
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Kiss Me
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Here on Earth
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América
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The Green Years
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Portuguese Vacation
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Fin de curso
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Quasimodo d'el Paris
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Exit-exil
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Runaways
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Death in Therapy
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The Guns and the People
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The Jester
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On the Edge of the Horizon
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Passagem por Lisboa
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Les Filles à papa
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Under My Skin
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Mustang
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The Mystery of Sintra
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Enchanted Isles
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88
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True and Tender is the North
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Paraíso Perdido
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Sleepwalking Land
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Bocage, the Triumph of Love
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The Circle
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Sweet Valentine
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The Bird Watcher
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Maria e as Outras
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Amo-te Teresa
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Ennemis intimes
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Lives
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Rosa Negra
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Querida Mãe
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Meus Amigos
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Pandora
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A Noiva
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The Circular Triangle
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Seven Bullets for Selma
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Requiem for a Daffodil
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Anjo Caído
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Mais Tarde
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Belarmino
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Rouge Brésil
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A Man is not a Cat
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Amor Perdido
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Amor Cego
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Continuar a Viver ou Os Índios da Meia-Praia
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Entre o Desejo e o Destino
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Sunday Afternoon
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Flesh of My Flesh
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Dores & Amores
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Change of Life
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Wounded
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Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
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The Wheat and the Tares
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Alta Velocidade
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Catembe
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Cherchez la Femme
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