| Manuela Viegas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 Porto, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Film director, film editor, film writer |
| Known for | Director of Gloria |
| Influenced by | Robert Rossen, António Reis, Yasujiro Ozu, D. W. Griffith |
Manuela Viegas (October 13, 1957, Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese film editor and director.
An influential film editor since the 70's, has edited dozens of films. In 1999, she directed her first and only feature film until today, Gloria, which was the first and only Portuguese film until today to be part of the official competition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
She is nowadays a professor of film editing at the Portuguese National Film School.