António Cohen da Cunha Telles (26 February 1935 – 23 November 2022)Morreu produtor e realizador António da Cunha Telles, nome maior do Cinema Novo português
was a Portuguese film director and producer.

Biography

Telles was born on 26 February 1935, in

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. He studied Medicine in the

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. He went to

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around 1956, studying film-making at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (IDHEC), graduating in 1961. Back to Portugal, he ran a newspaper called ''Imagens de Portugal (Images of Portugal)'', and assumed leading functions at the Cinema Services of State Entities. 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 (

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)'' movement. He produces ''

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'' (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,

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, Jorge Sanjines, Littín,

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, Karmitz, among others, became more familiar to the Portuguese audience through that distributor. During the 1970s, Telles directed three films: ''Meus Amigos'' (1974) and '' Continuar a Viver'' (1976) signed by himself, ''

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'' (1975) together with other directors. In the end of the decade, Cunha Telles is found high placed as the leader of the

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and the

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. In 1983, he returns to production, since the Animatógrafo firm was divided in one sector of distribution (still in activity, conducted by Renée Gagnon - the current

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) and one sector of production, headed by himself (together with his daughter

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- the current Filmes de Fundo), which is dedicated to its own productions as well as assuring executive productions of foreign films partially shot in Portugal, counting since that date with a large number of productions, with films directed by names like

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and among several telefilms and a countless number of executive productions. The later films directed by Cunha Telles include ''Vidas'' (1984), ''Pandora'' (1996) and, more recently, '' Kiss Me'' (2004), the first and only cinematic experience of the top model Marisa Cruz.

Filmography

Director

*'' Kiss Me'' (2004) *''Pandora'' (1996) *''Vidas'' (1984) *'' Continuar a Viver'' (1976) *''As Armas e o Povo'' (1975)- various directors *''Meus Amigos'' (1974) *'' O Cerco'' (1970) *''Os Transportes'' (1962)

Producer

*''Quinze Pontos na Alma'', by Vicente Alves do Ó (2009) *''How to Draw a Perfect Circle'', by

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(2009) *''América (filme), América'', by João Nuno Pinto (2009) *''

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(2008) *''

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(2007) *''Nome de Código: Sintra'', by

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(2007, TV series) *''

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(2007) *''Parte de Mim'', by

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(2006) *''Fin de curso'', by Miguel Martí (2005) *''Entre o Desejo e o Destino'', by Vicente Alves do Ó (2005, curta-metragem) *''Macao sans retour'', by

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(2004) *''Kiss Me'', by António da Cunha Telles (2004) *''Maria e as Outras'', by José Sá Caetano (2004) *''Jaime'', by

(1998) *''

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'', by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (1996) *''Pandora'', by António Da Cunha Telles (1996) *''Passagem por Lisboa'', by

(1994) *'' Aqui na Terra'', by

(1993) *''A Linha do Horizonte'', by Fernando Lopes (1992) *''Requiem para um Narciso'', by

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(1992, TV series "A La Minute") *''Rosa Negra'', by

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(1991) *''Le Blocus'', by

(1990, TV series "Napoleon et l'Europe" ) *''O Bobo'', by José Álvaro Morais (1987) *''Uma Aventura em Lisboa'', by

(1989, TV series) *'' Sans peur et sans reproche'', by

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(1988) *''Paraíso Perdido'', by

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(1986) *''Vidas'', by António da Cunha Telles (1983) *''Contactos'', by Leandro Ferreira (1982) *''Saudades Para D. Genciana'', by

(1981) *''Uma Experiência'', by Paulo Rocha (1970, short) *''Alta Velocidade'', by

(1967, short) *''Mudar de Vida'', by Paulo Rocha (1966) *''

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(1966) *''

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(1965) *''Catembe'', by Faria de Almeida (1965) *''

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'', by Carlos Vilardebó (1965) * '' The Crime of Aldeia Velha'', by

(1964) *''La peau douce'', by

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(1964, co-production) *''Belarmino'', by Fernando Lopes (1964) *''Le triangle circulaire'', by

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(1964, co-production) * ''

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'', by A. Dornet (1964) * ''

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(1963, co-production) *''Les Chemins du Soleil'', by Carlos Vilardebó (1963, short) *''

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e J. Daniel Valcroze (1962, short)

Bibliographic References

* ''O Cais do Olhar'' by

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, 1999 * ''Dicionário do Cinema Português (1962–1988)'' by Jorge Leitão Ramos, Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon, 1989

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Telles, Antonio Da Cunha 1935 births 2022 deaths People from Funchal Portuguese film directors Portuguese film producers Portuguese Jews Grand Officers of the Order of Prince Henry

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