Manuela Viegas (born 13 October 1958) is a Portuguese film editor and director. She is considered to be part of The School of Reis film tradition.
Manuela Viegas | |
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| Born | 13 October 1958 Porto, Portugal |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film editor, film writer |
An influential film editor since the 1970s, she has edited dozens of films, among them Pedro Costa's Blood, Joaquim Sapinho's The Policewoman and João César Monteiro's Silvestre and À Flor do Mar. In 1999, she directed her first and only feature film to date, Gloria, which was part of the official competition of the 49th Berlin International Film Festival,[1] being the only Portuguese film to feature[2] until Tabu was selected in 2012.
She is nowadays a professor of film editing at the Portuguese National Film School.
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