Teresa Villaverde
Born: 1966-05-18 in Lisbon, Portugal
Known For: Directing
Biography
Teresa Villaverde is a Portuguese screenwriter, director, and producer, born in Lisbon in 1966. She began her artistic career as co-writer and co-director of a stage production with the Theatre Group of the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon. Her films have won numerous awards and have been the focus of retrospectives and critical study worldwide — including the Centre Pompidou (France, 2019) and Fundação de Serralves (Portugal, 2019) — as well as complete retrospectives at festivals and cinematheques in Italy, Spain, Croatia, Switzerland, South Korea, and Portugal. She is frequently invited to teach in Portugal and abroad. Her work has premiered at the world’s leading festivals, including Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.
Filmography
2025
- Justa ... (Director)
2019
- Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ? ... (Director)
- Six Portraits of Pain ... (Editor)
2018
- Acts of Cinema
- Galileo’s Thermometer ... (Director)
2017
- Colo ... (Writer)
2016
- Paris 15/16 ... (Director)
2014
- The Bridges of Sarajevo ... (Director)
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Hovering Over the Water as Rosa
2011
- Cisne ... (Director)
2007
- O Capacete Dourado as Enfermeira
2006
- Trance ... (Director)
2004
- Visions of Europe ... (Director)
- In Favour of Light ... (Director)
- Cold Wa(te)r ... (Director)
2002
2001
- Water and Salt ... (Writer)
1998
- The Mutants ... (Director)
1994
- Two Brothers, My Sister as Voice of the Teacher (voice)
- Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1991
- Alex ... (Writer)
1990
- Lovely Child ... (Writer)