---
name: "Paulo Branco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paulo-branco"
fi1m_id: "paulo-branco"
imdb_id: "nm0104418"
tmdb_id: 5268
wikidata_id: "Q259593"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 June 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T03:13:45.351643+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paulo Branco

## Identity

Paulo Branco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paulo-branco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paulo-branco
- **IMDb ID:** nm0104418
- **TMDB ID:** 5268
- **Wikidata ID:** Q259593
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Branco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104418/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5268

Producer. Born 3 June 1950 in Lisbon, Portugal.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 June 1950, Lisbon, Portugal
- **Active:** 1976–2000
- **Also known as:**  Paolo Branco
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 70 (1), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 72 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Branco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104418/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5268

## Coming up

- *Aquí* (2027-01-20), Producer

## Biography

Paulo Branco (born 3 June 1950) is a Portuguese film producer based between Paris and Lisbon. He began his career in the film industry in the mid-1970s and started producing in 1979, founding companies including Gemini Films and Alfama Films in France and Madragoa Filmes and Clap Filmes in Portugal.

He has produced over 300 films, collaborating with directors such as Raúl Ruiz, Manoel de Oliveira, Chantal Akerman, Wim Wenders and David Cronenberg. Notable productions include *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), *The Captive* (2000), *Love Songs* (2007), *Cosmopolis* (2012) and *The Blue Room* (2014). He is recognised for the large number of his films selected for the Cannes and Venice film festivals.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, alfamafilms.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *1900* (1976), Fi1m 70, as Orso Dalcò — [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Captive* (2000), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-captive.md)
- *Time Regained* (1999), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/three-lives-and-only-one-death.md)

## Complete filmography (268)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Aquí* (2027), Producer
- *Memórias do Cárcere* (2026), Producer, Production Director
- *The Boatman* (2026), Producer
- *The Massacre of Gilles de Rais* (2026), Producer
- *Lavagante* (2025), Producer
- *Off the Beaten Track* (2025), Producer
- *The Englishman's Papers* (2024), Producer
- *The Worst Man in London* (2024), Producer
- *Dialogues After the End* (2023), Producer
- *The Sibyl* (2023), Producer
- *Remains of the Wind* (2022), Producer
- *Km 224* (2022), Producer
- *The Child* (2022), Producer
- *Moral Order* (2020), Producer
- *Mosquito* (2020), Producer
- *The Domain* (2019), Producer
- *Crooked Lines* (2019), Producer
- *Wild* (2019), Producer
- *Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Black Book* (2018), Producer
- *Ruth* (2018), Producer
- *The Captain* (2018), Co-Producer, Producer
- *Sunbeat* (2017), Producer
- *All the Dreams in the World* (2017), Producer
- *Night Shift* (2017), Producer
- *Never Ever* (2016), Producer
- *Stalin's Couch* (2016), Producer
- *The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez* (2016), Producer
- *The Young One* (2016), Producer
- *Fool Moon* (2016), Producer
- *Armpits* (2016), Producer
- *An Outpost of Progress* (2016), Producer
- *Cosmos* (2015), Producer
- *At an Uncertain Time* (2015), Producer
- *Astragal* (2015), Producer
- *Casanova Variations* (2014), Producer
- *The Blue Room* (2014), Producer
- *Obsessive Rhythms* (2014), Producer
- *One of a Kind* (2013), Producer
- *Operation Autumn* (2012), Producer
- *Lines of Wellington* (2012), Producer
- *Cosmopolis* (2012), Producer
- *Photo* (2012), Producer
- *Em Câmara Lenta* (2012), Producer
- *Passion* (2012), Producer
- *Dubaï Flamingo* (2012), Producer
- *Our Paradise* (2011), Producer
- *Eyes Find Eyes* (2011), Producer
- *A Conquista da Europa* (2011), Editor
- *Mysteries of Lisbon* (2011), series, Producer
- *Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter* (2011), Actor
- *Mysteries of Lisbon* (2010), Producer
- *The Three-way Wedding* (2010), Producer
- *Cinerama* (2010), Producer
- *4* (2010), Actor
- *O Jogo* (2010), Producer
- *Bazar* (2009), Producer
- *Twist of Fate* (2009), Producer
- *Ashes and Blood* (2009), Producer
- *This Night* (2009), Producer
- *Veneno Cura* (2008), Producer
- *Entre os Dedos* (2008), Producer
- *Doomed Love* (2008), Producer
- *Four Nights with Anna* (2008), Producer
- *Dying or Feeling Better* (2008), Producer
- *From Now On* (2008), Producer
- *Lobos* (2007), Producer
- *The Other Side* (2007), Producer
- *The Inner Life of Martin Frost* (2007), Producer
- *O Capacete Dourado* (2007), Producer
- *Misbegotten* (2007), Producer
- *Private Life* (2007), Producer
- *Death's Glamour* (2007), Producer
- *Love Songs* (2007), Producer
- *Very Well, Thank You* (2007), Producer
- *Suzanne* (2007), Executive Producer
- *L'étrangère* (2007), Producer
- *Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch* (2006), Producer
- *Trance* (2006), Producer
- *In Paris* (2006), Producer
- *A Few Days in September* (2006), Producer
- *Body Rice* (2006), Producer
- *The Education of Fairies* (2006), Co-Producer
- *98 Octanas* (2006), Producer
- *Klimt* (2006), Co-Producer
- *Blood Curse* (2006), as Godofredo Monteiro · Producer
- *Lavado em Lágrimas* (2006), Producer
- *C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé* (2006), Executive Producer
- *O senso dos desatinados* (2006), Producer
- *Seven Invisible Men* (2005), Producer
- *Alice* (2005), Producer
- *Alex* (2005), Producer
- *The Fatalist* (2005), Producer
- *Orlando Vargas* (2005), Producer
- *Changing Times* (2004), Producer
- *The Last Day* (2004), Producer
- *In the Darkness of the Night* (2004), Producer
- *Andre Valente* (2004), Producer
- *Ordo* (2004), Producer
- *The Fifth Empire* (2004), Producer
- *Ma mère* (2004), Producer
- *The Miracle According to Salomé* (2004), Producer
- *Outside* (2004), Producer
- *Tomorrow We Move* (2004), Producer
- *És a Nossa Fé* (2004), Producer
- *The Fascination* (2003), Producer
- *Us* (2003), Producer
- *The Galíndez File* (2003), Co-Producer
- *Saltimbank* (2003), Producer
- *A Talking Picture* (2003), Producer
- *Après la pluie, le beau temps* (2003), Producer
- *That Day* (2003), Producer
- *Come and Go* (2003), Producer
- *Rádio Relâmpago* (2003), Producer
- *Lent* (2003), Producer
- *It's Easier for a Camel...* (2003), Producer
- *Mimi* (2003), Associate Producer
- *A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA* (2003), Producer
- *Só Por Acaso* (2003), Producer
- *A Passagem da Noite* (2003), Producer
- *The Bathers* (2003), Producer
- *Forget Everything I Told You* (2002), Producer
- *Deux* (2002), Producer
- *A Falha* (2002), Producer
- *Em Volta* (2002), Producer
- *Shipwrecked on Route D17* (2002), Producer
- *The Uncertainty Principle* (2002), Producer
- *Flowers of Blood* (2002), Producer
- *Les petites couleurs* (2002), Producer
- *O Delfim* (2002), Producer
- *I Am Dina* (2002), Producer
- *Wimbledon Stage* (2002), Producer
- *Rending* (2001), Producer
- *Imago* (2001), Producer
- *Porto of My Childhood* (2001), Producer
- *This Is My Body* (2001), Producer
- *Water and Salt* (2001), Producer
- *Fragile as the World* (2001), Producer
- *I’m Going Home* (2001), Producer
- *Get a Life* (2001), Producer
- *The Black Beach* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Werckmeister Harmonies* (2001), Thanks
- *Love Torn in a Dream* (2000), Producer
- *Word and Utopia* (2000), Producer
- *Snow White* (2000), Producer
- *Freedom* (2000), Producer
- *Moonfish* (2000), Producer
- *The Captive* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-captive.md)
- *Nights* (2000), Producer
- *Fidelity* (2000), Producer
- *Tarde Demais* (2000), Producer
- *Vive nous!* (2000), Producer
- *451 Forte* (2000), Producer
- *The Spousals of God* (1999), Producer
- *The Letter* (1999), Producer
- *I Could Read the Sky* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Les Infortunes de la beauté* (1999), as Le gardien
- *Time Regained* (1999), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *Three Bridges on the River* (1999), Producer
- *Longe da Vista* (1999), Producer
- *The New Eve* (1999), Producer
- *Lila Lili* (1999), Producer
- *Traffic* (1998), Producer
- *L'ennui* (1998), Producer
- *Midnight Exam* (1998), Producer
- *L'Inconnu de Strasbourg* (1998), Producer
- *Comic Act* (1998), Producer
- *Requiem* (1998), Producer
- *Inquietude* (1998), Producer
- *Black Shoes* (1998), Producer
- *On a très peu d'amis* (1998), Producer
- *Ossos* (1997), Producer
- *Alors voilà,* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The House* (1997), Producer
- *Transatlantique* (1997), Producer
- *Porto Santo* (1997), Producer
- *I Hate Love* (1997), Producer
- *Voyage to the Beginning of the World* (1997), Producer
- *Genealogies of a Crime* (1997), Producer
- *The Eyes of Asia* (1997), Producer
- *Just for Laughs* (1997), Producer
- *Mil e Uma* (1996), Producer
- *Chameleon* (1996), Producer
- *Few of Us* (1996), Producer
- *Party* (1996), Producer
- *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/three-lives-and-only-one-death.md)
- *Five Days, Five Nights* (1996), Producer
- *The Phantom Heart* (1996), Producer
- *Diary of a Seducer* (1996), Producer
- *No Sex Last Night* (1996), Producer
- *The Convent* (1995), Producer
- *Fado, Major and Minor* (1995), Producer
- *Casa de Lava* (1995), Producer
- *Lisbon Story* (1994), Producer
- *Blind Man's Bluff* (1994), Producer
- *Crystal Book* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Three Palm Trees* (1994), Producer
- *Far Away from Here* (1994), Producer
- *Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional* (1993), Producer
- *Madregilda* (1993), Associate Producer
- *Abraham's Valley* (1993), Producer
- *Villa Mauresque* (1993), Producer
- *The End of the World* (1993), Producer
- *The Absence* (1993), Producer
- *Day of Despair* (1992), Producer
- *The Last Dive* (1992), Producer
- *No Dia dos Meus Anos* (1992), Producer
- *Twin Flames* (1992), Producer
- *Un paraguas para tres* (1992), Associate Producer
- *Border Line* (1992), Producer
- *The Man Who Lost His Shadow* (1992), Producer
- *The Divine Comedy* (1991), Producer
- *Three Crowns of the Sailor* (1991), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Until the End of the World* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Alentejo Sem Lei* (1991), series, as Preto
- *Treasure of the Bitch Islands* (1990), Producer
- *No, or the Vain Glory of Command* (1990), Producer
- *Fallen from Heaven* (1990), Producer
- *Lovely Child* (1990), Producer
- *Eden miseria* (1990), Producer
- *The King's Trial* (1990), Producer
- *The Woman from Rose Hill* (1989), Producer
- *The Islands' Message* (1989), Producer
- *Winter's Child* (1989), Producer
- *In Search of the Equator* (1989), as António
- *The Cannibals* (1988), Producer
- *Doc's Kingdom* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Agosto* (1988), Producer
- *The Beggars* (1988), Associate Producer
- *Three Less Me* (1988), as Producer
- *Mientras haya luz* (1987), Producer
- *A Flame in My Heart* (1987), Producer
- *Faubourg St Martin* (1986), Producer
- *My Case* (1986), Producer
- *Maine-Ocean Express* (1986), Producer
- *Guardian of the Night* (1986), Producer
- *The Rose King* (1986), Producer
- *The Satin Slipper* (1986), Producer
- *Treasure Island* (1986), Executive Producer
- *The Insomniac on the Bridge* (1985), Producer
- *No One Twice* (1985), Associate Producer
- *Vertiges* (1985), Producer
- *Notre mariage* (1985), Producer
- *The Terrible Lovers* (1985), Producer
- *Lives* (1984), as Carlos
- *Monster Shark* (1984), as Miller
- *Manoel’s Destinies* (1984), Producer
- *Vanishing Point* (1984), as Producer
- *City of Pirates* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Cheaters* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Manuel on the Island of Wonders* (1984), series, Producer
- *In the White City* (1983), as Man at Train Station (uncredited) · Executive Producer, Producer
- *Ana* (1982), Associate Producer
- *Aspern* (1982), Producer
- *The Conversation Is Over* (1982), Producer
- *Silvestre* (1982), Executive Producer
- *The State of Things* (1982), Associate Producer
- *A Estrangeira* (1982), Producer
- *Far from Manhattan* (1982), Producer
- *Francisca* (1981), Executive Producer, Producer
- *The Territory* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Oxalá* (1981), Producer
- *Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)* (1979), Producer
- *Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)* (1979), Producer
- *Doomed Love* (1978), series, Producer
- *Torre Bela* (1977), Executive Producer
- *1900* (1976), as Orso Dalcò — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)
- *Trás-os-Montes* (1976), Associate Producer

## Gallery

- ![Paulo Branco](https://film.one/media/person/3920633/gallery-a24d2c1e1f0b.jpg) Paulo Branco — Empedocle713, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Paulo_Branco_with_red_background.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Paulo Branco (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/3920633/gallery-ce14642835a0.jpg) Paulo Branco (2014) — Empedocle713, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Paulo_Branco.jpg/1280px-Paulo_Branco.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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