caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place children imagesize honorific_suffix birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title name occupation death_cause
manoel de oliveira in 2008 02 april 2015 porto , portugal manoel cândido pinto de oliveira porto , kingdom of portugal manuel 1941 known as manuel casimiro -rrb- , jose manuel brandão casimiro carvalhais de oliveira -lrb- born 1944 -rrb- , maria isabel brandão brandão carvalhais de oliveira -lrb- born 1947 -rrb- and adelaide carvalhais maria brandão carvalhais de oliveira -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- de oliveira -lrb- painter born 240px gcse , gcih 11 december 1908 maria ; 4 children -rrb- carvalhais -lrb- 1940 -- 2015 , his death 1927 -- 2015 manoel de oliveira 3 juillet 2008-2 . jpg manoel de oliveira
 manoel de oliveira film industrialist director , screenwriter , cinematographer , actor , congestive heart failure
manoel de oliveira

manoel cândido pinto de oliveira gcse , gcih -lrb- ; 11 december 1908 -- 2 april 2015 -rrb- was a portuguese film director and screenwriter born in cedofeita , porto .
he first began making films in 1927 , when he and some friends attempted to make a film about world war i .
in 1931 he completed his first film `` douro , faina fluvial '' , a documentary about his home city porto made in the city symphony genre .
he made his feature film debut in 1942 with `` aniki-bóbó '' and continued to make shorts and documentaries for the next 30 years , gaining a minimal amount of recognition without being considered a major world film director .
among the numerous factors that prevented oliveira from making more films during this time period were the political situation in portugal , family obligations and money .
in 1971 oliveira made his second feature narrative film `` past and present '' , a social satire that both set the standard for his film career afterwards and gained him recognition in the global film community .
he continued making films of growing ambition throughout the 1970s and 1980s , gaining critical acclaim and numerous awards .
beginning in late 1980s he was one of the most prolific working film directors and made an average of one film per year past the age of 100 .
in march 2008 he was reported to be the oldest active film director in the world , and was possibly the second oldest film director ever after george abbott , who lived to be 107 and 7 months .
he was also the only filmmaker whose active career spanned from the silent era to the digital age .
among his numerous awards were the career golden lion from the 61st venice international film festival , the special lion for the overall work in the 42nd venice international film festival , an honorary golden palm for his lifetime achievements in 2008 cannes film festival , and the french legion of honor .
