Directing
João Salaviza
PT, ES, EN, FR cinema · 29 credits
Born
19 February 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
Also known as Joao Salaviza · João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva · João Salaviza Silva
João Salaviza (Portuguese: João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; born 19 February 1984; Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and former actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including the Short Film Golden Bear, the Short Film Palme d'Or, and the Un Certain Regard. João Salaviza was born on 19 February 1984, in Lisbon, Portugal. His father is José Edgar Feldman, a film director, and his mother is a producer. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His film Arena won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, his film Rafa won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Salaviza worked as assistant editor in Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.
Known for
Filmography
The French Teacher
Co-Producer
To Our Friends
Producer
The Buriti Flower
Story, Editor, Director, Producer
Ketwajê
Producer
The Dead and the Others
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Russa
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
High Cities of Bone
Editor, Director, Writer
Mountain
Writer, Director, Editor
Rafa
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Cerro Negro
Director, Editor, Writer
A Portuguese Film
as Himself
Strokkur
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Sound Editor
Casa Na Comporta
Writer, Director
Hotel Müller
Editor, Director, Writer
Arena
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Assistant Editor
Querença
as Zé Manel
Two People
Director
Lumiar
2004
Lumiar
Assistant Director
When It Thunders
Actor, as Gaspar as a Child
Poor George
as Nuno - Jorge's Nephew