Valeria Sarmiento facts for kids
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Valeria Sarmiento
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| Born | 29 October 1948 Valparaíso, Chile
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| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Film editor, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Style | Drama, comedy, experimental film |
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Valeria Sarmiento was born on October 29, 1948, in Chile. She is a talented film editor, director, and screenwriter. She is well-known for her work in France, Portugal, and her home country, Chile.
Valeria has worked on many movies and television series'. She has directed 20 feature films and documentaries. She was married to the Chilean film director Raúl Ruiz, who passed away in 2011. They worked together for many years. Valeria often edited his films and helped write them. She has also edited films for other famous directors. She even received a special award called a Guggenheim Fellow (1988) in 1988.
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About Valeria Sarmiento
Her Early Life and Moving to Paris
Valeria Sarmiento grew up in Valparaíso, Chile. She first started watching movies when she was just five years old. She learned about the work of famous directors like Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. French films were hard to see because of rules about what movies could be shown. But when she was twelve, she got to see a special French film called Breathless.
She later studied film and philosophy at the University of Valparaíso. In 1969, she married filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. In 1974, Valeria and Raúl had to move to Paris. This was because of a big political change in Chile in 1973.
Her Work as a Director
Valeria Sarmiento directed her first documentary film in 1972. It was called Un sueño como de colores. Later, she directed many movies, often focusing on melodrama and romantic drama. Her films often show strong female characters. These characters face challenges like machismo (when men act like they are better than women) and sexism (unfair treatment based on gender).
Her first feature film, Notre mariage (1984), won a big award for Best New Director. This was at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Her 1991 film Amelia Lópes O'Neill was shown at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Her movie about the Napoleonic wars, Lines of Wellington, was considered for a top award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
In May 2008, a special meeting was held at Stanford University to discuss Valeria Sarmiento's work. They talked about how her films often show strong female characters and ideas about women's rights. In October 2018, a special event called a retrospective was held at the Cinémathèque Française. This event showed many of Valeria Sarmiento's films.
Valeria Sarmiento's Films
Valeria Sarmiento has worked on many films as a director, screenwriter, and editor. Here are some of her notable works:
- As a Director: She directed Un sueño como de colores (1972), Notre mariage (1984), Amelia Lópes O'Neill (1991), Elle (1995), L'inconnu de Strasbourg (1998), Rosa la china (2002), and Secrets (2008). She also completed films started by her husband, Raúl Ruiz, such as Lines of Wellington (2012), The Wandering Soap Opera (2017), and The Tango of the Widower (2020).
- As an Editor: She edited many films, including The Expropriation (1972), Dialogues of Exiles (1975), Dog's Dialogue (1977), The Suspended Vocation (1978), The Territory (1981), On Top of the Whale (1982), Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983), City of Pirates (1983), Treasure Island (1985), The Blind Owl (1990), Genealogies of a Crime (1997), Love Torn in a Dream (2000), Savage Souls (2001), That Day (2003), A Place Among the Living (2003), The Lost Domain (2005), Klimt (2006), A Closed Book (2010), and Mysteries of Lisbon (2010).
See also
In Spanish: Valeria Sarmiento para niños
