Teresa Villaverde
Directing
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
Directing17
movieJusta
2025
Director
movieSix Portraits of Pain
2019
Director
movieGalileo’s Thermometer
2018
Director
movieColo
2017
Director
movieParis 15/16
2016
Director
movieThe Bridges of Sarajevo
2014
Director
movieCisne
2011
Director
movieTrance
2006
Director
movieVisions of Europe
2004
Director
movieCold Wa(te)r
2004
Director
movieWater and Salt
2001
Director
movieThe Mutants
1998
Director
movieTwo Brothers, My Sister
1994
Director
movieAlex
1991
Director
Writing11
movieJusta
2025
Writer
movieGalileo’s Thermometer
2018
Screenplay
movieColo
2017
Writer
movieCisne
2011
Screenplay
movieTrance
2006
Screenplay
movieWater and Salt
2001
Writer
movieThe Mutants
1998
Writer
movieTwo Brothers, My Sister
1994
Screenplay
movieAlex
1991
Writer
movieLovely Child
1990
Writer
Acting6
Production5
movieJusta
2025
Producer
movieGalileo’s Thermometer
2018
Producer
movieColo
2017
Producer
movieCisne
2011
Producer
Editing4
Camera2
movieOù en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?
2019
Director of Photography
movieGalileo’s Thermometer
2018
Director of Photography
Sound1
movieGalileo’s Thermometer
2018
Sound Designer