Manoel de Oliveira

Portuguese film director (1908–2015)

Manoel de Oliveira was a Portuguese film director, born in Porto in 1908. He died in 2015.

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His honours include Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil), Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite and Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry.

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