António da Cunha Telles
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- February 26, 1935
- Died
- November 23, 2022 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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.
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Filmography
Cherchez la Femme
Movie · Producer, Executive Producer
Simon Calls
Movie · Executive Producer
Rouge Brésil
Movie · Producer
Under My Skin
Movie · Producer
América
Movie · Producer
Amor Cego
Movie · Producer
Dores & Amores
Movie · Producer
Sweet Valentine
Movie · Producer
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
Movie · Producer
The Dead Queen
Movie · Executive Producer
True and Tender is the North
Movie · Producer
The Easy Way
Movie · Executive Producer
The Mystery of Sintra
Movie · Producer
Theresa: The Body of Christ
Movie · Associate Producer
Fragile(s)
Movie · Executive Producer
Sleepwalking Land
Movie · Producer
Codename: Sintra
TV · Production Executive · 13 eps
Flesh of My Flesh
Movie · Producer
Fin de curso
Movie · Producer
Animal
Movie · Co-Producer
Entre o Desejo e o Destino
Movie · Producer
Le pays des enfants perdus
Movie · Executive Producer
Maria e as Outras
Movie · Producer
Anatomy of Hell
Movie · Executive Producer
Kiss Me
Movie · Producer
Volpone
Movie · Executive Producer
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
TV · Executive Producer · 2 eps
The Immortals
Movie · Co-Producer
The Pact of Silence
Movie · Executive Producer
Wounded
Movie · Producer
Il court, il court, le furet...
Movie · Executive Producer
Aurélien
TV · Executive Producer · 2 eps
Sex Is Comedy
Movie · Associate Producer
Ruy Blas
Movie · Executive Producer
Justice de femme
Movie · Executive Producer
Les Frangines
Movie · Executive Producer
Querida Mãe
Movie · Producer
A Man is not a Cat
Movie · Producer
Anjo Caído
Movie · Producer
8 8
Movie · Producer
Cavaleiros De Água Doce
Movie · Delegated Producer
Mausolée pour une garce
Movie · Executive Producer
The Invisible Circus
Movie · Producer
Les Filles à papa
Movie · Producer
Mais Tarde
Movie · Producer
Alta Fidelidade
Movie · Associate Producer
Amo-te Teresa
Movie · Producer
A Noiva
Movie · Producer
Hijos del viento
Movie · Co-Producer
Monsanto
Movie · Delegated Producer
Aniversário
Movie · Executive Producer
Amor Perdido
Movie · Producer
The Bird Watcher
Movie · Producer
Mustang
Movie · Producer
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Movie · Producer
Jaime
Movie · Executive Producer
Dribbling Fate
Movie · Co-Producer
Bocage, the Triumph of Love
Movie · Producer
Foreign Land
Movie · Co-Producer
Death in Therapy
Movie · Producer
Les Bidochon
Movie · Co-Producer
The Jew
Movie · Associate Producer
Pandora
Movie · Producer
Un asunto privado
Movie · Executive Producer
Clubbed to Death
Movie · Executive Producer
Antártida
Movie · Executive Producer
Le Cœur étincelant
Movie · Executive Producer
Fiesta
Movie · Executive Producer
La rage au cœur
Movie · Executive Producer
Une femme dans la tourmente
Movie · Executive Producer
Paraíso Perdido
Movie · Producer
Runaways
Movie · Producer
The Eagle and the Horse
Movie · Executive Producer
Passagem por Lisboa
Movie · Producer
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Movie · Executive Producer
Rosa Negra
Movie · Producer
On the Edge of the Horizon
Movie · Producer
Shuttlecock
Movie · Producer
Coma
Movie · Executive Producer
Here on Earth
Movie · Producer
Feu Adrien Muset
Movie · Executive Producer
Requiem for a Daffodil
Movie · Producer
The Charlots Return
Movie · Executive Producer
Belle Époque
Movie · Co-Producer
Dark at Noon
Movie · Executive Producer
Napoleon
TV · Producer · 6 eps
Dédé
Movie · Executive Producer
1871
Movie · Co-Producer
Le commissaire épate le FBI
Movie · Associate Producer
Street of No Return
Movie · Executive Producer
Love Comedy
Movie · Executive Producer
Contrainte par corps
Movie · Executive Producer
Ennemis intimes
Movie · Producer
Ballad of Dog Beach
Movie · Executive Producer
The Jester
Movie · Producer
Saudades Para Dona Genciana
Movie · Executive Producer
Exit-exil
Movie · Producer
Lives
Movie · Producer
To Catch a King
Movie · Executive Producer
Continuar a Viver ou Os Índios da Meia-Praia
Movie · Producer
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
Movie · Producer
The Circle
Movie · Producer
Seven Bullets for Selma
Movie · Producer
Alta Velocidade
Movie · Producer
Change of Life
Movie · Producer
Sunday Afternoon
Movie · Producer
The Wheat and the Tares
Movie · Producer
Enchanted Isles
Movie · Producer
Catembe
Movie · Producer
The Soft Skin
Movie · Producer, Associate Producer
The Circular Triangle
Movie · Producer
Belarmino
Movie · Producer
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
Movie · Executive Producer
The Green Years
Movie · Producer
Portuguese Vacation
Movie · Producer