António da Cunha Telles
Biography
António Cohen da Cunha Telles was born on February 26, 1935 in Funchal, Madeira. He studied Medicine in the University of Lisbon. He went to Paris around 1956, studying film-making at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (IDHEC), graduating in 1961. 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 (Novo Cinema) movement. He produces "Os Verdes Anos" (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, Tanner, Jorge Sanjines, Littín, Glauber Rocha, Vigo, Gilles Carle, Karmitz, among others, became more familiar to the Portuguese audience through that distributor.
Personal Details
Movies (46)
Cherchez la Femme
Director (Directing)
2026
Simon Calls
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
as Self
2019
Born with a Thunderstorm
2017
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
2016
Rouge Brésil
Producer (Production)
2014
América
Producer (Production)
2011
Under My Skin
Producer (Production)
2011
Chamo-me António da Cunha Telles
2010
Amor Cego
Producer (Production)
2010
Sweet Valentine
Producer (Production)
2010
Dores & Amores
Producer (Production)
2010
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
Producer (Production)
2009
The Dead Queen
Executive Producer (Production)
2009
True and Tender is the North
Producer (Production)
2008
The Easy Way
Executive Producer (Production)
2008
Sleepwalking Land
Producer (Production)
2007
Fragile(s)
Executive Producer (Production)
2007
The Mystery of Sintra
Producer (Production)
2007
Theresa: The Body of Christ
Associate Producer (Production)
2007
Flesh of My Flesh
Producer (Production)
2006
Entre o Desejo e o Destino
Producer (Production)
2005
Fin de curso
Producer (Production)
2005
Animal
Co-Producer (Production)
2005
Volpone
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
Kiss Me
Director (Directing)
2004
Maria e as Outras
Producer (Production)
2004
Le pays des enfants perdus
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
Anatomy of Hell
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
The Immortals
Co-Producer (Production)
2003
Il court, il court, le furet...
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
The Pact of Silence
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
Wounded
Producer (Production)
2003
Ruy Blas
Executive Producer (Production)
2002
Les Frangines
Executive Producer (Production)
2002
88
Producer (Production)
2002
Sex Is Comedy
Associate Producer (Production)
2002
Justice de femme
Executive Producer (Production)
2002
Mausolée pour une garce
Executive Producer (Production)
2001
A Man is not a Cat
Producer (Production)
2001
Anjo Caído
Producer (Production)
2001
Mais Tarde
Producer (Production)
2001
Querida Mãe
Producer (Production)
2001
The Invisible Circus
Producer (Production)
2001
Les Filles à papa
Producer (Production)
2001
Cavaleiros De Água Doce
Delegated Producer (Production)
2001
