- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 18, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Lisbon, Portugal
Teresa Villaverde
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
movieJusta
2025 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieOù en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?
2019 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer
movieSix Portraits of Pain
2019 · Editor, Director
movieActs of Cinema
2018
movieGalileo’s Thermometer
2018 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound Designer, Producer, Screenplay
movieColo
2017 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieParis 15/16
2016 · Director
movieThe Bridges of Sarajevo
2014 · Director, Writer
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
movieHovering Over the Water
2013 · Rosa
movieCisne
2011 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieO Capacete Dourado
2007 · Enfermeira
movieTrance
2006 · Director, Screenplay
movieVisions of Europe
2004 · Director
movieCold Wa(te)r
2004 · Director
In Favour of Light
movieIn Favour of Light
2004 · Director
movieLei
2002
movieWater and Salt
2001 · Writer, Director
movieThe Mutants
1998 · Director, Writer
movieLisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994
movieTwo Brothers, My Sister
1994 · Voice of the Teacher (voice), Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieAlex
1991 · Writer, Director
movieLovely Child
1990 · Writer