João Salaviza
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 Shor...
Biography
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
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl2009 · Assistant Editor3.1
Arena2009 · Director, Screenplay, Editor3.3
The Dead and the Others2019 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer2.9
Mountain2015 · Director, Writer, Editor3.2
The Buriti Flower2024 · Story, Editor, Director, Producer3.6
Rafa2012 · Director, Editor, Screenplay3.1
Cerro Negro2012 · Editor, Director, Writer3.2
Querença2004 · Zé Manel4.5Cast credits
Querença2004 · Zé Manel4.5
When It Thunders2000 · Cast, Gaspar as a Child3.1
Poor George1993 · Nuno - Jorge's Nephew2.5
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado1996 · Cast2.5
A Portuguese Film2011 · Himself
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo2016 · Self
L'Enfant du secret1996 · CastDDa Invicta ao Sonoro1997 · CastCrew credits
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl2009 · Assistant Editor3.1Arena2009 · Director, Screenplay, Editor3.3The Dead and the Others2019 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer2.9Mountain2015 · Director, Writer, Editor3.2The Buriti Flower2024 · Story, Editor, Director, Producer3.6Rafa2012 · Director, Editor, Screenplay3.1Cerro Negro2012 · Editor, Director, Writer3.2
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death2017 · Screenplay2.7
Russa2018 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor3.0
Strokkur2011 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer2.4
High Cities of Bone2017 · Editor, Director, Writer3.1LLumiar2004 · Assistant Director4.0CCães de Caça2008 · Director, Writer, Editor3.3
Two People2004 · Director1.8
Hotel Müller2010 · Writer, Editor, Director
Ketwajê2023 · Producer
To Our Friends2025 · Producer
The Messenger2024 · Editor