Rosa Vergés i Coma (born 22 February 1955) is a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, the daughter of publisher and actress Silvia Morgan, Vergés studied

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at the

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and at

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. After brief experiences as a model and a stage actress, she started her career as a scriptwriter and an assistant director, collaborating among others with

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and

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. Before her feature film debut, she directed shorts, commercials and

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s. Vergés made her film debut in 1990 with ''Baby Boom'', which premiered in the Critic's Week section of the 47th Venice International Film Festival and got her the

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for Best New Director. Her following film ''Souvenir'', a comedy about the interracial romance between a Japanese man and a Spanish woman, was a commercial success.

Selected filmography

* ''Boom boom'' (1990) * ''Souvenir'' (1994) * ''Tic Tac'' (1997) * ''Iris '' (2004)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verges, Rosa 1955 births Living people Spanish women screenwriters Spanish women film directors People from Barcelona