António da Cunha Telles
Production
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.
Known for
Production115
movieCherchez la Femme
2026
Producer, Executive Producer
movieSimon Calls
2020
Executive Producer
movieRouge Brésil
2014
Producer
movieAmérica
2011
Producer
movieUnder My Skin
2011
Producer
Amor Cego
2010
Producer
movieSweet Valentine
2010
Producer
movieDores & Amores
2010
Producer
movieThe Dead Queen
2009
Executive Producer
movieThe Easy Way
2008
Executive Producer
movieSleepwalking Land
2007
Producer
movieFragile(s)
2007
Executive Producer
movieThe Mystery of Sintra
2007
Producer
movieTheresa: The Body of Christ
2007
Associate Producer
tvCodename: Sintra
2007
Production Executive
movieFlesh of My Flesh
2006
Producer
movieFin de curso
2005
Producer
movieAnimal
2005
Co-Producer
movieVolpone
2004
Executive Producer
movieKiss Me
2004
Producer
tvJulie, chevalier de Maupin
2004
Executive Producer
movieMaria e as Outras
2004
Producer
movieLe pays des enfants perdus
2004
Executive Producer
movieAnatomy of Hell
2004
Executive Producer
movieThe Immortals
2003
Co-Producer
movieIl court, il court, le furet...
2003
Executive Producer
tvAurélien
2003
Executive Producer
movieThe Pact of Silence
2003
Executive Producer
movieWounded
2003
Producer
movieRuy Blas
2002
Executive Producer
movieLes Frangines
2002
Executive Producer
movieSex Is Comedy
2002
Associate Producer
Justice de femme
2002
Executive Producer
movieMausolée pour une garce
2001
Executive Producer
movie8 8
2001
Producer
movieA Man is not a Cat
2001
Producer
movieAnjo Caído
2001
Producer
movieMais Tarde
2001
Producer
movieQuerida Mãe
2001
Producer
movieThe Invisible Circus
2001
Producer
movieLes Filles à papa
2001
Producer
movieCavaleiros De Água Doce
2001
Delegated Producer
movieAmor Perdido
2000
Producer
movieThe Bird Watcher
2000
Producer
movieAniversário
2000
Executive Producer
movieA Noiva
2000
Producer
movieHijos del viento
2000
Co-Producer
movieAlta Fidelidade
2000
Associate Producer
movieMustang
2000
Producer
movieMonsanto
2000
Delegated Producer
movieAmo-te Teresa
2000
Producer
movieQuasimodo d'el Paris
1999
Producer
movieJaime
1999
Executive Producer
movieDribbling Fate
1998
Co-Producer
movieDeath in Therapy
1996
Producer
movieForeign Land
1996
Co-Producer
movieLes Bidochon
1996
Co-Producer
movieClubbed to Death
1996
Executive Producer
movieUn asunto privado
1996
Executive Producer
moviePandora
1996
Producer
movieThe Jew
1996
Associate Producer
movieFiesta
1995
Executive Producer
movieAntártida
1995
Executive Producer
movieRunaways
1995
Producer
movieLa rage au cœur
1995
Executive Producer
movieUne femme dans la tourmente
1995
Executive Producer
Le Cœur étincelant
1995
Executive Producer
movieThe Eagle and the Horse
1994
Executive Producer
moviePassagem por Lisboa
1994
Producer
movieD'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
Executive Producer
movieHere on Earth
1993
Producer
movieRosa Negra
1993
Producer
movieComa
1993
Executive Producer
movieShuttlecock
1993
Producer
movieFeu Adrien Muset
1992
Executive Producer
movieBelle Époque
1992
Co-Producer
movieDark at Noon
1992
Executive Producer
movieThe Charlots Return
1992
Executive Producer
tvNapoleon
1991
Producer
movie1871
1990
Co-Producer
movieDédé
1990
Executive Producer
movieLove Comedy
1989
Executive Producer
movieStreet of No Return
1989
Executive Producer
Le commissaire épate le FBI
1989
Associate Producer
movieContrainte par corps
1988
Executive Producer
movieEnnemis intimes
1987
Producer
movieThe Jester
1987
Producer
movieBallad of Dog Beach
1987
Executive Producer
movieExit-exil
1986
Producer
movieSaudades Para Dona Genciana
1986
Executive Producer
movieLives
1984
Producer
movieTo Catch a King
1984
Executive Producer
movieThe Circle
1970
Producer
movieSeven Bullets for Selma
1967
Producer
movieChange of Life
1967
Producer
movieAlta Velocidade
1967
Producer
movieSunday Afternoon
1966
Producer
movieCatembe
1965
Producer
movieThe Wheat and the Tares
1965
Producer
movieEnchanted Isles
1965
Producer
movieThe Circular Triangle
1964
Producer
movieThe Crime of Aldeia Velha
1964
Executive Producer
movieBelarmino
1964
Producer
movieThe Soft Skin
1964
Producer, Associate Producer
movieThe Green Years
1963
Producer
moviePortuguese Vacation
1963
Producer
Directing8
movieCherchez la Femme
2026
Director
movieKiss Me
2004
Director
moviePandora
1996
Director
movieLives
1984
Director
movieThe Guns and the People
1977
Director
movieMeus Amigos
1974
Director
movieThe Circle
1970
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