Rita Azevedo Gomes

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1952-01-01 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Lisbon, Portugal

Also Known As Rita Azevedo

Rita Azevedo Gomes

Biography

Rita Azevedo Gomes (born c. 1952) is an award-winning Portuguese film director. Her career dates from the early 70s and spans cinema, theatre and opera. In 2001 she presented her work in various film festivals including Venice, Montreal, and Turin. Altar (2002) won the prize for best director at the Angra do Heroísmo international film festival and premiered in Portugal in September 2002. This was followed in 2004 by A 15ª Pedra: Manoel de Oliveira e João Bénard da Costa em Conversa Filmada, which was shown at the Marseille, Procida and Doclisboa film festivals in 2005, as well in The Ancient Art Museum and Serralves Foundation. Also in 2005, she was commissioned by Faro Capital da Cultura to direct The Conquest of Faro, which was presented at the 2005 Turin Film Festival and had its national premiere in Faro in December 2005. A Colecção Invisível (The Invisible Collection, 2009) will have its premier in Lisbon at the Cinemateca Portuguesa. Her most recent film, A Portuguesa (The Portuguese), inspired in Robert Musil’s novel Die Portugiesin, is in post-production.

Known For

Writer

2022
2019
The Portuguese Woman

as Screenplay

2016
Correspondences

as Writer

2012
A Woman's Revenge

as Screenplay

2007
2003
Altar

as Writer

2001
Fragile as the World

as Screenplay

Editor

2022
2019
2016
Correspondences

as Editor

2007
The 15th Stone

as Editor

2005

Producer

2019
2009
2003
Altar

as Producer

Costume & Make-Up

1985
Notre mariage

as Costume Design

1981
Francisca

as Costume Design

Art

1986
The Rose King

as Set Decoration