Paulo Rocha (film director)

For the actor, see Paulo Rocha (actor).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is da Rocha.

Paulo Rocha
Born	Paulo Soares da Rocha (1935-12-22)22 December 1935 Porto, Portugal
Died	29 December 2012(2012-12-29) (aged 77) Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Alma mater	University of Lisbon Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Movement	Novo Cinema Português

Paulo Soares da Rocha (22 December 1935 – 29 December 2012) was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, O Desejado was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.

Filmography as director

• Os Verdes Anos (1963)
• Mudar de Vida (1966)
• Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência (1971)
• A Pousada das Chagas (1972)
• A Ilha dos Amores (1982)
• O Desejado (1988)
• "Cinéma, de Notre Temps": Oliveira - L'Architecte (1993)
• Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima (1993)
• Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker (1995)
• Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano (1998)
• O Rio do Ouro (1998)
• A Raiz do Coração (2000)
• As Sereias (2001)
• Vanitas (2004)
• Se Eu Fosse Ladrão, Roubava (2011)

Bibliographic references

• (in Portuguese) O Cais do Olhar by José de Matos-Cruz, Portuguese Cinematheque, 1999

External links

• Paulo Rocha at IMDb