Bruno de Almeida has made four films about Amália. Their close relationship began with "Amália, Live in New York City", a concert video of her 1990 performance at New York's Town Hall, which EMI Music released as Amália's very first video. Bruno was shortly after signed on to direct the documentary five-hour series about her life. "Amália, Strange Way of Life" went into production in mid 1994 and was completed 12 months later, following the editing of 150 hours of footage and a long and definite interview with Amália. In 1998, Bruno was commissioned by Lisbon's EXPO '98 world fair to make "Amália-Expo'98" a special tribute film to the singer. In 1999 Bruno made "The Art of Amália" a feature documentary intended for international audiences. The film was completed a week after Amália's untimely death. It opened theatrically at the Quad Cinema in New York City in December 2000 followed by long run throughout the United States. It was also broadcast on television in France, Germany, Portugal, US and Holland and was released on DVD in Europe going double platinum. Bruno de Almeida, Amália Rodrigues and Rui Valentim de Carvalho. Elisée, Paris Amália recieves the Légion d'Honneur from François Mitterand, 1990