Domingos José Soares de Oliveira (28 September 1936 – 23 March 2019) was a Brazilian film, stage and television director, playwright, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Born in
Rio de Janeiro
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, de Oliveira graduated in electrical engineering.
He made his debut as playwright in 1966 with the critically acclaimed drama ''Somos todos do jardim de infância'', starring his wife of the time
Leila Diniz
Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, film and stage actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1 ...
.
After working on television, in 1966 de Oliveira made his film debut with an adaptation of one of his plays, ''Todas as mulheres do mundo'', which won numerous awards including twelve prizes at the
Festival de Brasília
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival co ...
.
His film ''Separações'' was awarded best film at the 2003
Mar del Plata International Film Festival. His 2008 film ''Juventude'' won four awards at the
Festival de Gramado including best director. He won again the award for best director as well as the Kikiko for best film at the Festival de Gramado for his 2016 film ''Barata Ribeiro, 716''.
Suffering from
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...
for about twenty years, de Oliveira died on 28 December 2019, at the age of 82.
He was married for 38 years to actress .
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1936 births
2019 deaths
Mass media people from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian television directors
Brazilian film directors
Brazilian theatre directors
Brazilian film actors
Brazilian stage actors
Brazilian screenwriters
Brazilian dramatists and playwrights