Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 28, 1936
Died
Mar 23, 2019
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Credits
50 titles
Domingos de Oliveira
Biography
Domingos José Soares de Oliveira (September 28, 1936 — March 23, 2019) was a Brazilian actor, playwright, stage director, TV host, poet and filmmaker. After getting a bachelor's degree in Engineering, he got involved in amateur theatre and soon started to get involved with cinema, specially with the Brazilian New Wave (Cinema Novo) movement. He served as assistant director to Joaquim Pedro de Andrade in short films "Manuel Bandeira, o Poeta do Castelo" and "Couro de Gato", and debuted as a film director with 1966's "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo". After that, Oliveira wrote over 20 stage plays, directed 18 films and hosted 3 TV shows, all in which he constantly worked with his partner Priscilla Rozenbaum. For his plays and occasionally self-starred very low-budget films often deal with themes of love and sex in a humorous and intelligent key, he became known as the "Brazilian Woody Allen". During his late years, Oliveira struggled with Parkinson's Disease, but kept working until his passing in March 2019.
Known For
Filmography
Clarice Niskier: Teatro dos Pés à Cabeça
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self
Zimba
Self (archive footage)
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
Confissões de Mulheres de 50
Director
All the Women in the World
Original Story
Aconteceu na Quarta-Feira
Director
The Magnificent 8
Director
BR 716
Original Music Composer
Childhood
Writer
Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer
Napoleão
Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
Paixão e Acaso
Os Anjos do Sexo
Creator
Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais
Domingos
Self
A Mulher do Meu Amigo
Original Story
Juventude
Antônio
Once Upon a Time in Rio
Script Consultant
Two Sons of Francisco
Script
Carreiras
Esteves (as Domingos Oliveira)
Redeemer
Justo (jovem)
Feminices
Separações
Cabral
Suspiros Republicanos ao Crepúsculo de um Império Tropical
Amores
Vieira
Dib
Self
74.5: Uma Onda no Ar
Writer
Contos de Verão
Jonas
Tarcísio & Glória
Ronaldo
Helena
Brandão
Amizade Colorida
Writer
Teu Tua
Director
Ciranda, Cirandinha
Writer
Vida, Vida
Os Demónios da Liberdade
Deliciosas Traições do Amor
Dybbuk: The Demon
Script
The Doctor and the Monster
A Culpa
Director
Caso Especial
Writer
É Simonal
Writer
As Duas Faces da Moeda
Writer
Edu, Coração de Ouro
Director
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
All the Women in the World
Director
22–2000 Cidade Aberta
Writer
Five Times Favela
Assistant Director
Cat Skin
Waiter (uncredited)
The Master of Apipucos
Assistant Director