António da Cunha Telles
Known for: Production
Born: February 26, 1935
Died: November 23, 2022
Place of birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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
119 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
NR
Cherchez la Femme
2026
4.0
Simon Calls
2020
NR
An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
2019
NR
Born with a Thunderstorm
2017
NR
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
2016
NR
Rouge Brésil
2014
6.4
América
2011
6.4
Under My Skin
2011
6.0
Chamo-me António da Cunha Telles
2010NR
Amor Cego
2010
4.7
Sweet Valentine
2010
NR
Dores & Amores
2010
5.4
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
2009
NR
The Dead Queen
2009
5.0
True and Tender is the North
2008
5.9
The Easy Way
2008
6.5
Sleepwalking Land
2007
5.3
Fragile(s)
2007
5.4
The Mystery of Sintra
2007
4.5
Theresa: The Body of Christ
2007
5.0
Codename: Sintra
2007
NR
Flesh of My Flesh
2006NR
Entre o Desejo e o Destino
2005
5.4
Fin de curso
2005
5.0
Animal
2005
6.6
Volpone
2004
5.7
Kiss Me
2004
NR
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2004
4.2
Maria e as Outras
2004
10.0
Le pays des enfants perdus
2004
4.8
Anatomy of Hell
2004
6.7
The Immortals
2003
7.5
Il court, il court, le furet...
2003
NR
Aurélien
2003
5.8
The Pact of Silence
2003
9.0
Wounded
2003
6.3
Ruy Blas
2002
5.8
Les Frangines
2002
5.9
Sex Is Comedy
200210.0
Justice de femme
2002
4.0
Mausolée pour une garce
2001
7.0
8 8
2001
10.0
A Man is not a Cat
2001
10.0
Anjo Caído
2001
7.0
Mais Tarde
2001
10.0
Querida Mãe
2001
NR
História do Cinema Português
2001
5.2
The Invisible Circus
2001
7.3
Les Filles à papa
2001
10.0
Cavaleiros De Água Doce
2001
7.0
Amor Perdido
2000
7.0
The Bird Watcher
2000
7.0
Aniversário
2000
9.0
A Noiva
2000
4.1
Hijos del viento
2000
9.0
Alta Fidelidade
2000
6.7
Mustang
2000
6.5
Monsanto
2000
6.9
Amo-te Teresa
2000
4.5
Quasimodo d'el Paris
1999
7.1
Jaime
1999
7.4
Dribbling Fate
1998
3.9
Bocage, the Triumph of Love
1997
6.2
Death in Therapy
1996
7.2
Foreign Land
1996
3.6
Les Bidochon
1996
5.9
Clubbed to Death
1996
7.5
Un asunto privado
1996
7.0
Pandora
1996
5.7
The Jew
1996
5.1
Fiesta
1995
4.3
Antártida
1995
6.5
Runaways
1995
7.0
La rage au cœur
1995
8.0
Une femme dans la tourmente
19958.0
Le Cœur étincelant
19957.0
Paraíso Perdido
1995
6.5
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
10.0
The Eagle and the Horse
1994
5.3
Passagem por Lisboa
1994
5.7
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
5.6
On the Edge of the Horizon
1993
6.0
Here on Earth
1993
6.5
Rosa Negra
1993
8.0
Coma
1993
3.5
Shuttlecock
1993
4.5
Feu Adrien Muset
1992
6.7
Belle Époque
1992
6.8
Dark at Noon
1992
4.3
The Charlots Return
19927.0
Requiem for a Daffodil
1992
9.0
Napoleon
1991
4.8
1871
1990
9.0
Dédé
1990NR
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
1990
7.0
Love Comedy
1989
5.2
Street of No Return
19895.3
Le commissaire épate le FBI
1989
4.3
Contrainte par corps
1988
7.0
Ennemis intimes
1987
6.8
The Jester
1987
6.4
Ballad of Dog Beach
1987
7.3
Exit-exil
1986
10.0
Saudades Para Dona Genciana
1986
8.0
Lives
1984
7.0
To Catch a King
1984
7.4
The Guns and the People
1977
9.0
Continuar a Viver ou Os Índios da Meia-Praia
1977
6.3
Meus Amigos
1974
7.0
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
1971
7.7
The Circle
1970
10.0
Seven Bullets for Selma
1967
7.2
Change of Life
1967
NR
Alta Velocidade
1967
7.7
Sunday Afternoon
1966
7.5
Catembe
1965
8.0
The Wheat and the Tares
1965
7.1
Enchanted Isles
1965
8.0
The Circular Triangle
1964
7.5
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
1964
7.5
Belarmino
1964
7.1
The Soft Skin
1964
7.0
The Green Years
1963
5.8
Portuguese Vacation
1963