Teresa Villaverde
Known for
Directing
Born
May 18, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
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 Ca...
Best known work
Visions of Europe
2004
Trance
2006
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Hovering Over the Water
1986
Colo
2017
The Mutants
1998
The Bridges of Sarajevo
2014
Two Brothers, My Sister
1994
Alex
1991
O Capacete Dourado
2007Filmography
2025
JustaDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor
2019
Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?Director, Producer, Director of Photography
2019
Six Portraits of PainDirector, Editor
2018
2018
Galileo’s ThermometerDirector, Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer, Director of Photography
2017
ColoWriter, Director, Producer
2016
Paris 15/16Director
2014
The Bridges of SarajevoDirector, Writer
2013
Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
2011
CisneDirector, Producer, Screenplay
2007
O Capacete Douradoas Enfermeira
2006
TranceDirector, Screenplay
2004
Visions of EuropeDirector
2004
Cold Wa(te)rDirector
2004
In Favour of LightDirector
2002
2001
Water and SaltWriter, Director
1998
The MutantsDirector, Writer
1994
1994
Two Brothers, My Sisteras Voice of the Teacher (voice), Director, Screenplay, Editor
1991
AlexWriter, Director
1990
Lovely ChildWriter
1986
Hovering Over the Wateras Rosa