Manoel de Oliveira was born on December 11, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Os Canibais (1988), I'm Going Home (2001) and Gebo and the Shadow (2012). He was previously married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on April 2, 2015 in Oporto, Portugal.