João Salaviza

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João Salaviza

Directing 42 February 19, 1984

Lisbon, Portugal

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…

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Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

6.2 2009 Movie
Sozinhos em Casa

Sozinhos em Casa

8.0 1993 TV Show
The Dead and the Others

The Dead and the Others

5.9 2019 Movie
Arena

Arena

6.6 2009 Movie
Rafa

Rafa

6.2 2012 Movie
Mountain

Mountain

6.4 2015 Movie
Strokkur

Strokkur

4.8 2011 Movie
The Buriti Flower

The Buriti Flower

7.1 2024 Movie
Hotel Müller

Hotel Müller

2010 Movie
Two People

Two People

3.5 2004 Movie
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

5.4 2017 Movie
Russa

Russa

6.0 2018 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The French Teacher

    Movie Co-Producer

  2. 2025
    To Our Friends

    Movie Producer

  3. 2024
    The Messenger

    Movie Editor

  4. 2024
    The Buriti Flower

    Movie Story

  5. 2023
    Ketwajê

    Movie Producer

  6. 2019
    The Dead and the Others

    Movie Director

  7. 2018
    Russa

    Movie Director

  8. 2017
    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 2017
    High Cities of Bone

    Movie Editor

  10. 2016
    In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo

    Movie Self

  11. 2015
    Mountain

    Movie Director

  12. 2012
    Cerro Negro

    Movie Editor

  13. 2012
    Rafa

    Movie Director

  14. 2011
    A Portuguese Film

    Movie Himself

  15. 2011
    Strokkur

    Movie Director

  16. 2011
    Casa Na Comporta

    Movie Writer

More credits
  1. 2010
    Hotel Müller

    Movie Writer

  2. 2009
    Arena

    Movie Director

  3. 2009
    Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

    Movie Assistant Editor

  4. 2008
    Dedicated To The One I Love

    Movie Editor

  5. 2006
    The Summer of Rita M.

    Movie Editor

  6. 2004
    Two People

    Movie Director

  7. 2004
    Lumiar

    Movie Assistant Director

  8. 2004
    Querença

    Movie Zé Manel

  9. 2000
    When It Thunders

    Movie

  10. 1997
    Da Invicta ao Sonoro

    Movie

  11. 1996
    L'Enfant du secret

    Movie

  12. 1996
    La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado

    Movie

  13. 1993
    Sozinhos em Casa

    TV show

  14. 1993
    Regards d'enfance

    TV show

  15. 1993
    Poor George

    Movie Nuno - Jorge's Nephew