Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha was born on December 22, 1935 in Porto, Portugal. He was a director and producer, known for A Ilha dos Amores (1982), O Rio do Ouro (1998) and A Raiz do Coração(2000). He died on December 29, 2012 in Porto.
Abandoned Lisbon Law School to dedicate himself to the movies, and founded Cine-Clube de Lisboa (CCC) with Nuno de Bragança, João Bénard da Costa, Pedro Tamen and Alberto Vaz da Silva. In 1962, concluded his studies at IDHEC, Paris, France, but he says he learned more watching time and again Jean Renoir and 'Kenzo Mizoguchi' films than in academic film studies
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Films (36)
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Around Rocha’s Table
2021 · Self (archive footage)
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Encontros
2006
The Conquest of Faro
2005 · Producer
Vanitas
2004 · Director, Producer
The Swimming Pool
2004 · Producer
Querença
2004 · Producer
As Sereias
2001 · Director
The Heart's Root
2000 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
River of Gold
1999 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
The Keeper of Herds
1999 · Producer
Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano
1998 · Director
Shohei Imamura: The Freethinker
1995 · Director, Writer
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
Oliveira, l'architecte
1993 · Director
Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima
1993 · Director
Xavier
1991 · Producer
The Sound of the Shaking Earth
1990 · Hostel Doorman
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
1988 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Three Less Me
1988 · The Melomaniac
The Mountains of the Moon
1987 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
1986
The Satin Slipper
1986 · Premier Prête
A Ilha de Moraes
1984 · Self, Director, Writer
Island of Loves
1982 · Camilo Pessanha, Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Producer
Francisca
1981 · Doctor
A Pousada das Chagas
1972 · Director
Vilarinho das Furnas
1971 · Idea
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
1971 · Director, Editor
Change of Life
1967 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
The Hunt
1964 · Assistant Director
The Green Years
1963 · Director, Screenplay
Acto da Primavera
1963 · Archival Footage Research, Assistant Director
Bread
1959 · Assistant Director Trainee
