
Known for
Directing
Born
May 18, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
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 Ca...
2025
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
2019
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
2019
Director, Editor
2018
2018
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer, Director of Photography
2017
Writer, Director, Producer
2016
Director
2014
Director, Writer
2013
Director
2011
Director, Producer, Screenplay
2007
as Enfermeira
2006
Director, Screenplay
2004
Director
2004
Director
2004
Director
2002
2001
Writer, Director
1998
Director, Writer
1994
1994
as Voice of the Teacher (voice), Director, Screenplay, Editor
1991
Writer, Director
1990
Writer
1986
as Rosa