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Domingos de Oliveira

Born
Sep 28, 1936 · Aged 82
Died
Mar 23, 2019
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender
Male
Movie credits
23
TV credits
3
Directing credits
21

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,…