Paulo Rocha
Biography
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
Personal Details
Movies (36)
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Around Rocha’s Table
as Self (archive footage)
2021
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
2013
Encontros
2006
The Conquest of Faro
Producer (Production)
2005
The Swimming Pool
Producer (Production)
2004
Vanity
Director (Directing)
2004
Querença
Producer (Production)
2004
As Sereias
Director (Directing)
2001
The Heart's Root
Producer (Production)
2000
The Keeper of Herds
Producer (Production)
1999
Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano
Director (Directing)
1998
River of Gold
Director (Directing)
1998
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
Writer (Writing)
1995
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
Oliveira, l'architecte
Director (Directing)
1993
Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima
Director (Directing)
1993
Xavier
Producer (Production)
1991
The Sound of the Shaking Earth
as Hostel Doorman
1990
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
Producer (Production)
1988
Three Less Me
as The Melomaniac
1988
The Mountains of the Moon
Producer (Production)
1987
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
1986
The Satin Slipper
as Premier Prête
1986
A Ilha de Moraes
as Self
1984
Island of Loves
as Camilo Pessanha
1982
Francisca
as Doctor
1981
A Pousada das Chagas
Director (Directing)
1972
Vilarinho das Furnas
Idea (Writing)
1971
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
Director (Directing)
1971
Change of Life
Director (Directing)
1967
The Hunt
Assistant Director (Directing)
1964
The Green Years
Director (Directing)
1963
Acto da Primavera
Archival Footage Research (Editing)
1963
Bread
Assistant Director Trainee (Directing)
1959
