João Salaviza

João Salaviza
Born	(1984-02-19) 19 February 1984 Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Other names	João Salaviza Silva
Occupation	Film director, actor
Years active	1992–present

João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva (born 19 February 1984), commonly known as João Salaviza, is a Portuguese film director and actor.

Early years

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.

Career

His film Arena won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] In 2012, his film Rafa won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

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

Filmography

Short films

Duas Pessoas (2004)
Arena (2009)
Casa Na Comporta (2010)
Hotel Müller (2010)
Cerro Negro (2011)
Rafa (2012)

Documentary

STROKKUR (2011)

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: Arena". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
↑ "Prizes of the International Short Film Jury". Berlinale.de. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

External links

João Salaviza at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Park Chan-wook Park Chan-kyong	Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear for Best Short Film 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent

Short Film Palme d'Or Winners

1950s	White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953) Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955) The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956) Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957) N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959) Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska and Wlodzimierz Haupe (1959)

1960s	La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler and Rob Gnant (1963) Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963) Nyitany – János Vadász (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967) Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)

1970s	Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fedor Khitrouk, Edouard Nazarov and Vladimir Zouïkov (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) Küzdök – Marcell Jankovics (1977) La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)

1980s	Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980) Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981) Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982) Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983) Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie (1984) Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984) Jenitba – Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov (1985) An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986) Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987) Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988) 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)

1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991) Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes (Somewhere in California) – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El Héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) Gagarin– Alexij Kharitidi (1995) Szél– Marcell Iványi (1996) ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997) L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (1999)

2000s	Anino – Raymond Red (2000) Bean Cake – David Greenspan (2001) Eso utan – Péter Mészáros (2002) Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003) Trafic – Catalin Mitulescu (2004) Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005) Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)

2010s	Chienne d'histoire – Serge Avédikian (2010) Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011) Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012) Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014)

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