João Salaviza (born João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; 19 February 1984) is a

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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

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Biography

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 The Lisbon Theatre and Film School (''Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema'') of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon inherited the function of the National Conservatoire, founded by Almeida Garrett, in 1836, and of teaching Film, introduced in the ...

and at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, in

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, Argentina. His film ''

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'' won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the

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. In 2012, his film '' Rafa'' won the

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for Best Short Film at the

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. Salaviza worked as assistant editor in Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.

Filmography

Short films

* '' Duas Pessoas'' (2004) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Casa Na Comporta'' (2010) * '' Hotel Müller'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' Rafa'' (2012) * '' Russa'' (2018)

Documentary

* '' STROKKUR'' (2011) * '' High Cities of Bone'' (2017)

Films

* '' Montanha'' (2015) * '' The Dead and the Others'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salaviza, Joao 1984 births Living people Portuguese film directors Portuguese documentary film directors Portuguese screenwriters Male screenwriters Portuguese film editors Portuguese film producers Portuguese male film actors People from Lisbon Male actors from Lisbon Lisbon Theatre and Film School alumni