Portuguese producer, director, writer and actor Antonio
de Cunha Telles died in Lisbon, Portugal on November 23, 2022. He was 87. Born
on February 26, 1935, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. He studied Medicine in the
University of Lisbon. He went to Paris around 1956, studying filmmaking at the
Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (IDHEC), graduating in 1961. Back
to Portugal, he ran a newspaper called Imagens de Portugal (Images of
Portugal) and assumed leading functions at the Cinema Services of State
Entities. His directing debut was made with the documentary “Os Transportes”
(1962), and started 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. The most
recent films directed by Cunha Telles are Vidas (1984), Pandora (1996) and,
more recently, Kiss Me (2004), the first and only cinematic experience of the
top model Marisa Cruz. Telles was executive producer on the 1994 TV Euro-western
“El águila y el caballo” starring David
Carradine.
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