Teresa Villaverde

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Editor

May 18, 1966 (59 years)
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

  • The Mutants
    The Mutants1998
  • Colo
    Colo2017
  • The Bridges of Sarajevo
    The Bridges of Sarajevo2014
  • Two Brothers, My Sister
    Two Brothers, My Sister1994
  • Water and Salt
    Water and Salt2001
  • Hovering Over the Water
    Hovering Over the Water1986
  • Visions of Europe
    Visions of Europe2004
  • Justa
    Justa2025

Filmography