Rita Azevedo Gomes
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
Biography
Rita Azevedo Gomes (born c. 1952) is an award-winning Portuguese film director.
Her career dates from the early 70s and spans cinema, theatre and opera. In 2001 she presented her work in various film festivals including Venice, Montreal, and Turin. Altar (2002) won the prize for best director at the Angra do Heroísmo international film festival and premiered in Portugal in September 2002. This was followed in 2004 by A 15ª Pedra: Manoel de Oliveira e João Bénard da Costa em Conversa Filmada, which was shown at the Marseille, Procida and Doclisboa film festivals in 2005, as well in The Ancient Art Museum and Serralves Foundation. Also in 2005, she was commissioned by Faro Capital da Cultura...
Best known work
Francisca
1981
The Rose King
1986
Fragile as the World
2001
The Portuguese Woman
2019
A Woman's Revenge
2012
What Now? Remind Me
2014
Correspondences
2016
The Sound of the Shaking Earth
1990
The 15th Stone
2007
The Conquest of Faro
2005Filmography
TBA
“O Ah! das coisas - Eppur si muove – 8 de Agosto 2020”Writer, Director
2026
2025
Fuck the PolisDirector, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
2022
2022
The Kegelstatt TrioEditor, Writer, Director
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other FantasiesDirector, Producer
2019
The Portuguese WomanDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
2018
2016
CorrespondencesDirector, Editor, Writer
2014
What Now? Remind Meas Self
2012
A Woman's RevengeDirector, Screenplay
2011
A Portuguese Filmas Herself
2009
The Invisible CollectionDirector, Writer, Producer
2007
The 15th StoneDirector, Idea, Editor
2006
No Tempo do Cinemaas Herself
2005
The Conquest of FaroDirector, Editor
2003
AltarDirector, Writer, Producer
2001
Fragile as the WorldDirector, Screenplay
1990
The Sound of the Shaking EarthDirector, Writer