Cláudia Varejão

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth Porto, Portugal

Also Known As Claudia Varejao

Cláudia Varejão

Biography

Cláudia Varejão was born in Porto and studied at the Creativity and Artistic Creation Program of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with the German Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin and the São Paulo International Film Acadamy. She also studied Photography at AR.CO in Lisbon. Claúdia is the author of the trilogy of short films Weekend, A Cold Day and Morning Light. Ama-san, a portrait of japanese divers, was her first feature film which received dozens of awards around the world, followed by In The Darkness of the Theater I Take Off My Shoes, a film that shows the intimacy of a group of dancers from a dance company. Amor Fati is her latest film due for release in 2020 and Wolf and Dog, in development, will bring us back her vision of fiction. Cláudia's films have been selected and awarded by the most pretigious film festivais, including Locarno, Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, Cinema du Reel, Karlovy Vary, Art of the Real - Lincoln Center, among many others. Alongside her work as a director, Cláudia develops a career as a photographer ans is a guest professor at AR.CO and Catholic University of Porto. Her work, whether in photography or film, documentary or fiction, lives in close proximity to those portrayed.

Known For

Director

2024
Kora

as Director

2023
Wolf and Dog

as Director

2023
Ø island

as Director

2021
Amor Fati

as Director

2020
2016
Ama-San

as Director

2011
Luz da Manhã

as Director

2009
Cold Day

as Director

2007
Weekend

as Director

2005
Falta-me

as Director

Editor

2021
Amor Fati

as Editor

2020
2016
Ama-San

as Editor

2011
Luz da Manhã

as Editor

2009
Cold Day

as Editor

2009
2007
Weekend

as Editor

Camera

2021
Amor Fati

as Director of Photography

2018
Campo

as Director of Photography

2016
Ama-San

as Director of Photography

2010
2009
Fernando Lopes-Graça

as Camera Operator

2008
Heiko

as Director of Photography

Writer

2023
Wolf and Dog

as Writer

2016
Ama-San

as Screenplay

2011
Luz da Manhã

as Writer

2009
Cold Day

as Screenplay

2007
Weekend

as Screenplay

Crew

Sound

2021
Amor Fati

as Sound