Teresa Villaverde

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1966-05-18
BirthplaceLisbon, Portugal

Teresa Villaverde

Directing

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 Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.

Filmography

Acting (6)

2007
O Capacete Douradoas Enfermeira
5.6
2002
1994
Two Brothers, My Sisteras Voice of the Teacher (voice)
6.0

Production & Directing (40)

2025
JustaDirector
2025
JustaWriter
2025
JustaProducer
2025
JustaEditor
2019
4.7
2018
Galileo’s ThermometerDirector of Photography
4.7
2018
4.7
2017
ColoWriter
6.8
2017
ColoDirector
6.8
2017
ColoProducer
6.8
2016
Paris 15/16Director
2011
CisneDirector
7.7
2011
CisneScreenplay
7.7
2011
CisneProducer
7.7
2006
TranceDirector
5.9
2006
TranceScreenplay
5.9
2004
5.3
2004
Cold Wa(te)rDirector
2004
2001
5.2
2001
5.2
1998
The MutantsDirector
7.7
1998
7.7
6.0
1991
AlexDirector
7.0
1991
AlexWriter
7.0
1990
7.1