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French-Portuguese director, screenwriter and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ana Rocha de Sousa (born 25 October 1978) is a Portuguese director, screenwriter and actress.
Ana Rocha de Sousa | |
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Born | 25 October 1978 45) Lisbon, Portugal | (age
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Born in Lisbon, Rocha de Sousa graduated in Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.[1][2] She made her film debut in 1991, in João Botelho's No Dia dos Meus Anos, but became popular thanks to television, starting from her leading role in the 1997 RTP1 TV-series Riscos.[1][3] She then moved to London, where she studied direction at the London Film School.[1][2]
As a director, after some shorts and a documentary about Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Rocha de Sousa made her feature film debut in 2020, with Listen; the film premiered into the Horizons section at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the Lion of the Future Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film and the section's special jury prize.[1][2][4]
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