[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Paulo Branco was born in Lisbon, Portugal on June 3, 1950. He’s a film producer and actor. He studied chemistry at the university but started cinema in 1974 as a programmer at the Olympic, managed by Frédéric Mitterrand. In 1979, he became a producer. He has now produced over 110 films and worked with famous directors such as Raoul Ruiz, Manoel de Oliveira, Wim Wenders, João Botelho, Chantal Akerman, Philippe Garrel, Patricia Plattner, or Laurence Fereira Barbosa. He, whom the Cinémathèque in Paris already called ‘the most european of all producers’ in 1992, during a tribute entitled ‘Bravo Branco: The Mmost European of All Rroducers’, has extended his activities to include distribution. Besides his work as a producer in Lisbon (Madragoa Filmes) and Paris (Gemini Films) where he also works as a distributor and an exporter, he is Portugal’s second-best exhibitor and distributor (Atalanta Filmes and Medeia Filmes). Paulo Branco is well-known for his commitment to European cinema and quality productions.
As Paul Branco he’s appeared in only one Spaghetti western so far in his career as an actor and that was an uncredited role in Giuliano Gemma’s “E per tetto un cielo di stelle” (And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars) in 1968.
BRANCO, Paul (Paulo Branco) [6/3/1950,
Lisbon, Portugal - ] – producer, film
actor, married to psychoanalyst Dolorès López father of politician Juan Branco
[1989- ], founded Gemini Film, Alfama
Films, Madragoa Filmes, Clap Filmes, Spider Films.
And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars – 1968
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