Manuel Guimarães
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 19, 1915, Valmaior, Albergaria-a-Velha
- Movies
- 22
Manuel Guimarães (1915–1975) was a Portuguese filmmaker.
In 1931, Guimarães studied painting in the School of Fine Arts in Oporto. He started to work in 1936 as a theater scenographer, illustrator and cartoonist, as well as a film poster designer. He became interested in cinematic art, and started out as assistant of directors as Manoel de Oliveira, António Lopes Ribeiro, Jorge Brum do Canto, Arthur Duarte and Armando de Miranda.
In 1949, he directed the short documentary O Desterrado, a film about the life and craft of the Portuguese sculptor Soares dos Reis. Saltimbancos as his first feature-film, which is an adaptation of the novel Circo (Circus) of the writer Leão Penedo. The plot is centered on the life of a small travelling circus. Meanwhile, Guimarães worked in advertising in Metro Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1975 | Prefácio a Vergílio Ferreira | Producer |
| 1975 | Cântico Final | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1973 | Areia Mar - Mar Areia | Director |
| 1971 | Carta a Mestre Dórdio Gomes | Director |
| 1970 | Resende | Director |
| 1969 | Expressos Lisboa - Madrid | Director |
| 1969 | António Duarte | Director |
| 1969 | A Terra e o Homem | Director |
| 1968 | Tráfego e Estiva | Director |
| 1968 | O Ritmo na Vida | Director |
| 1967 | Artes Gráficas | Director |
| 1967 | O Porto, Escola de Artistas | Director |
| 1967 | Ensino das Belas-Artes | Director |
| 1965 | The Wheat and the Tares | Director, Producer |
| 1964 | The Crime of Aldeia Velha | Director |
| 1959 | My Little Seamstress | Producer, Director |
| 1956 | Vidas sem Rumo | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | Nazaré | Director |
| 1951 | The Circus | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1950 | O Desterrado - Vida e Obra de Soares dos Reis | Director |
| 1949 | The Return of José do Telhado | Writer |
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