Manoel de Oliveira was born on December 11, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Les cannibales (1988), Je rentre à la maison (2001) and Gébo et l'ombre (2012). He was previously married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on April 2, 2015 in Oporto, Portugal.