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Luís Miguel Cintra‌

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Birthday

calendar1949-04-29

Popularity

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Luís Miguel Cintra

Madrid, Spain

Luís Miguel Cintra

Madrid, Spain

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1949-04-29

Popularity

star1.3

Biography

An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, Luís Miguel Cintra was born in Madrid, in 1949. His connection to theater began in 1968, at the Faculty of Letters Theater Group, when he was studying Romance Philology at the University of Lisbon. From 1970 to 1972, he attended the Acting Technical Course, in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, thanks to a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. When he returned to Portugal, he founded, along with Jorge Silva Melo, the Teatro da Cornucópia Company, in 1973, where he directed plays by some of the great names in theater, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, Strindberg, and many others, almost always participating as an actor in the plays he directed. At the same time, until the 80s, he was a theater critic for O Tempo e o Modo magazine and he managed the Seara Nova Theater Collection, from Estampa publishing house, and the Theater Collection, from Ulmeiro publishing house. As a reader, Luís Miguel Cintra recorded complete readings of Viagens na Minha Terra, by Almeida Garrett and Amor de Perdição, by Camilo Castelo Branco, as well as poems by Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Camões, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, by Ravel and Dido and Aeneas, by Purcell, at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos. In the following years, he directed operas by Mozart, Haydn, Cherubini, among others. He worked with the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos Choir and the Gulbenkian Choir, as a reader, in recitals by authors such as Schubert, Liszt, Sati and Poulenc. In 1984, he entered the Venice Biennial Theater Festival with his group and in 1988 he directed the show La Mort du Prince et Autres Fragments, by Fernando Pessoa, for the Avignon Festival. Later, he kept on presenting plays in Italy, France, Spain and. Belgium In addition to the theater, Luís Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by João César Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned João César Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, João Botelho, Teresa Villaverde, Pedro Costa and the American John Malkovich. His many awards include two Bordalo da Casa da Imprensa Awards for Best Acting in Film (1995) and Best Acting in Theater (1997), two Globos de Ouro for Theater Personality of the Year (1999) and Best Theater Actor (2003), the Coimbra University Award and the Pessoa Prize, both in 2005. The LEFFEST will pay tribute to Luís Miguel Cintra’s work as an actor, through a selection of films he starred in; and as a stage director, showing recordings of some of the plays, followed by discussions with the audience and several actors he worked with.

Movie Credits

Word and Utopia

Word and Utopia‌
star5.1
calendar 2000

My Case

My Case‌
star6.7
calendar 1986

Recollections of the Yellow House

Recollections of the Yellow House‌
star8.1
calendar 1989

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

No, or the Vain Glory of Command‌
star6.1
calendar 1990

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy‌
star6.9
calendar 1991

Gebo and the Shadow

Gebo and the Shadow‌
star6.9
calendar 2012

Romance de Vila do Conde

Romance de Vila do Conde‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

The Satin Slipper

The Satin Slipper‌
star7.3
calendar 1986

Second Hand

Second Hand‌
star10.0
calendar 2013

Here on Earth

Here on Earth‌
star5.3
calendar 1993

Demain?

Demain?‌
star2.0
calendar 2011

The Days When I Don’t Exist

The Days When I Don’t Exist‌
star6.7
calendar 2003

Tall Stories

Tall Stories‌
star5.7
calendar 1988

Blind Man's Bluff

Blind Man's Bluff‌
star6.7
calendar 1994

Peixe-Lua

Peixe-Lua‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Rending

Rending‌
star6.0
calendar 2001

Truth or Dare?

Truth or Dare?‌
star10.0
calendar 2023

If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal

If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal‌
star4.5
calendar 2013

The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John

The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

A Pousada das Chagas

A Pousada das Chagas‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Blood

Blood‌
star6.8
calendar 1989

Day of Despair

Day of Despair‌
star6.2
calendar 1992

Poor George

Poor George‌
star5.1
calendar 1993

Love Lights

Love Lights‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Around Rocha’s Table

Around Rocha’s Table‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

The Old Man of Belem

The Old Man of Belem‌
star4.5
calendar 2014

Where the Sun Beats

Where the Sun Beats‌
star5.3
calendar 1989

The Fifth Empire

The Fifth Empire‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Transatlantique

Transatlantique‌
star2.0
calendar 1997

Alcibíades

Alcibíades‌
star1.0
calendar 1992

The Convent

The Convent‌
star5.4
calendar 1995

O Filme Feliz :)

O Filme Feliz :)‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Magic Mirror

Magic Mirror‌
star6.4
calendar 2006

The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs‌
star6.1
calendar 2002

Arrabalde

Arrabalde‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose‌
star3.6
calendar 2010

As Bodas de Deus

As Bodas de Deus‌
star7.5
calendar 1999

Correspondences

Correspondences‌
star6.6
calendar 2016

Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side

Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Lisboa Cultural

Lisboa Cultural‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Días color naranja

Días color naranja‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

One of Us Cannot Be Wrong‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Abraham's Valley

Abraham's Valley‌
star7.5
calendar 1993

The world that was (and that is)

The world that was (and that is)‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Casa de Lava

Casa de Lava‌
star6.9
calendar 1995

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl‌
star6.2
calendar 2009

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma‌
star5.3
calendar 2007

A Talking Picture

A Talking Picture‌
star7.1
calendar 2003

The Letter

The Letter‌
star5.9
calendar 1999

The Uncertainty Principle

The Uncertainty Principle‌
star4.9
calendar 2002

April Captains

April Captains‌
star6.5
calendar 2000

Silvestre

Silvestre‌
star6.1
calendar 1982

The Strange Case of Angelica

The Strange Case of Angelica‌
star6.5
calendar 2010

The Heart's Root

The Heart's Root‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Island of Loves

Island of Loves‌
star6.4
calendar 1982

Anxiety

Anxiety‌
star6.4
calendar 1998

The Cannibals

The Cannibals‌
star6.8
calendar 1988

Two Brothers, My Sister

Two Brothers, My Sister‌
star5.2
calendar 1994

The Mountains of the Moon

The Mountains of the Moon‌
star5.3
calendar 1987

Rage

Rage‌
star6.8
calendar 2018

He Who Waits for Dead Man Shoes Dies Barefoot

He Who Waits for Dead Man Shoes Dies Barefoot‌
star4.7
calendar 1970

From Now On

From Now On‌
star2.0
calendar 2008

Vertiges

Vertiges‌
star6.5
calendar 1985

A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional

A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

The Last Dive

The Last Dive‌
star6.7
calendar 1992

Fragments of an Alms-Film

Fragments of an Alms-Film‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Villa Mauresque

Villa Mauresque‌
star1.0
calendar 1993

Gestures and Fragments

Gestures and Fragments‌
star8.0
calendar 1983

Erros Meus

Erros Meus‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Ninguém Duas Vezes

Ninguém Duas Vezes‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe

Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho

Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia

Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Anteroom

Anteroom‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Zéfiro

Zéfiro‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Illusion

Illusion‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores

O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?

E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Jester

The Jester‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Snow White

Snow White‌
star4.8
calendar 2000

War

War‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta

O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Signals of Life

Signals of Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

A Present Light

A Present Light‌
star4.0
calendar 2021

Pathos

Pathos‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Pathos Ethos Logos

Pathos Ethos Logos‌
star7.0
calendar 2021

Biette

Biette‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

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