Manuel Guimarães
Manuel Guimarães | |
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Born | Manuel Fernandes Pinheiro Guimarães 19 August 1915 Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal |
Died | 29 January 1975 |
Years active | 1947–1970 |
Manuel Guimarães (1915–1975) was a Portuguese filmmaker.
Biography
In 1931, Guimarães studied painting in the School of
Directed, in 1949, the short documentary O Desterrado, a film about the life and craft of the Portuguese sculptor Soares dos Reis. Saltimbancos is his first feature-film, is an adaptation of the novel Circo (Circus) of the writer Leão Penedo, which is centered in the life of a small travelling circus. Meanwhile, Guimarães worked in advertising in Metro Goldwyn-Mayer.
In 1952, Manuel Guimarães directed
Being constantly attacked by the regime, Guimarães opted to direct more commercial movies about sport events, since 1956. In his attempt to return to fiction, (A Costureirinha da Sé – 1958) Manuel had to accept product placement in the film. His next works were essentially documentaries promoting Portuguese towns and products.
Manuel Guimarães had some periods where he returned to
The 25 de Abril brought him hope, but it was too late. Ill, Manuel Guimarães couldn't end his last film, Cântico Final, adapted from the novel with the same name wrote by Virgílio Ferreira. The film was ended by his son, Dórdio Guimarães.
Filmography
- O Desterrado (1949)
- Saltimbancos (1951)
- Nazaré (1952)
- Vidas Sem Rumo (1956)
- As Corridas Internacionais do Porto (1956)
- XXX Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (1957)
- O Porto é Campeão (1956)
- A Costureirinha da Sé (1958)
- Barcelos (1961)
- Porto, Capital do Trabalho (1961)
- Bi-seculares (1961)
- The Crime of Aldeia Velha (1964)
- O Trigo e o Joio (1965)
- Artes Gráficas (1967)
- O Ensino das Belas-Artes (1967)
- Porto, Escola de Artistas (1967)
- Tapetes de Viana do Castelo (1967)
- Tráfego e Estiva (1968) – first Portuguese film in 70mm
- António Duarte (1969)
- Fernando Namora (1969)
- Resende (1969)
- Viagem do TER / Expressos Lisboa-Madrid (1969)
- Areia, Mar – Mar, Areia (1970)
- Cântico Final
Bibliographical References
" (in Portuguese) Dicionário do Cinema Português (1962–1988). by Jorge Leitão Ramos, Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon, 1989
- (in Portuguese) O Cais do Olhar by José de Matos-Cruz, Portuguese Cinematheque, 1999
External links
- Manuel Guimarães at IMDb