Teresa Villaverde

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.

Known For

Hovering Over the Water

Two Brothers, My Sister

Acts of Cinema

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

O Capacete Dourado

Lei

All Movies (6)

• Acts of Cinema2018
• Hovering Over the Water2013 · as Rosa
• O Capacete Dourado2007 · as Enfermeira
• Lei2002
• Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista1994
• Two Brothers, My Sister1994 · as Voice of the Teacher (voice)