Teresa Villaverde

Teresa Villaverde is a Portuguese screenwriter director and producer born in Lisbon in 1966 She began her artistic career as cowriter and codirector 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 worlds leading festivals including Cannes Venice and Berlin