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Teresa Villaverde

Teresa Villaverde

Director · Born May 18, 1966 · Lisbon, Portugal

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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.

Directed 16

2020s

  1. 2025

    Justa

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?

    Director

  2. Six Portraits of Pain

    Director

  3. 2018

    Galileo’s Thermometer

    Director

  4. 2017

    Colo

    Director

  5. 2016

    Paris 15/16

    Director

  6. 2014

    The Bridges of Sarajevo

    Director

  7. 2013

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Director

    56
  8. 2011

    Cisne

    Director

2000s

  1. 2006

    Trance

    Director

  2. 2004

    Visions of Europe

    Director

  3. Cold Wa(te)r

    Director

  4. 2001

    Water and Salt

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Mutants

    Director

  2. 1994

    Two Brothers, My Sister

    Director

  3. 1991

    Alex

    Director

Wrote 11

2020s

  1. 2025

    Justa

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2018

    Galileo’s Thermometer

    Screenplay

  2. 2017

    Colo

    Writer

  3. 2014

    The Bridges of Sarajevo

    Writer

  4. 2011

    Cisne

    Screenplay

2000s

  1. 2006

    Trance

    Screenplay

  2. 2001

    Water and Salt

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Mutants

    Writer

  2. 1994

    Two Brothers, My Sister

    Screenplay

  3. 1991

    Alex

    Writer

  4. 1990

    Lovely Child

    Writer

Acted in 6

2010s

  1. 2018

    Acts of Cinema

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2007

    O Capacete Dourado

    Enfermeira

  2. 2002

    Lei

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1994

    Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

    Movie

  2. Two Brothers, My Sister

    Voice of the Teacher (voice)

1980s

  1. 1986

    Hovering Over the Water

    Rosa

Produced 5

2020s

  1. 2025

    Justa

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?

    Producer

  2. 2018

    Galileo’s Thermometer

    Producer

  3. 2017

    Colo

    Producer

  4. 2011

    Cisne

    Producer

Edited 4

2020s

  1. 2025

    Justa

    Editor

2010s

  1. 2019

    Six Portraits of Pain

    Editor

  2. 2018

    Galileo’s Thermometer

    Editor

1990s

  1. 1994

    Two Brothers, My Sister

    Editor

Camera 2

2010s

  1. 2019

    Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?

    Director of Photography

  2. 2018

    Galileo’s Thermometer

    Director of Photography

Sound 1

2010s

  1. 2018

    Galileo’s Thermometer

    Sound Designer