Paulo Rocha

Paulo Rocha was born on December 22 1935 in Porto Portugal He was a director and producer known for A Ilha dos Amores 1982 O Rio do Ouro 1998 and A Raiz do Coração2000 He died on December 29 2012 in Porto Abandoned Lisbon Law School to dedicate himself to the movies and founded CineClube de Lisboa CCC with Nuno de Bragança João Bénard da Costa Pedro Tamen and Alberto Vaz da Silva In 1962 concluded his studies at IDHEC Paris France but he says he learned more watching time and again Jean Renoir and Kenzo Mizoguchi films than in academic film studies