Longest career as a film director
- Who
- Manoel de Oliveira
- What
- 84 year(s)
- Where
- Portugal
- When
- 1931 - 2015
The longest career as a film director is 84 years, and was achieved by Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal) who directed short and feature length films from 1931 through to 2015.
The first film Manoel de Oliveira directed was the documentary short 'Labor on the Douro River' in 1931. His final film was another documentary short titled 'Um Século de Energia' which was released in 2015.