Rita Azevedo Gomes
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1952
- Birthplace
- Lisbon, Portugal
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.
Filmography
- Teatro e Cinema
Teatro e Cinema TBA
Director
- O Ah! Das Coisas – “Nos Quartos das Freiras Não Há Espelhos” 7 de abril
O Ah! Das Coisas – “Nos Quartos das Freiras Não Há Espelhos” 7 de abril TBA
Director
- Intromissões; Parabéns Manoel de Oliveira
Intromissões; Parabéns Manoel de Oliveira TBA
Director
- 25 de Abril, 25 Anos
25 de Abril, 25 Anos TBA
Director
Meetings With Werner Schroeter TBA
Actor
- “O Ah! das coisas - Eppur si muove – 8 de Agosto 2020”
“O Ah! das coisas - Eppur si muove – 8 de Agosto 2020” TBA
Actor, Writer, Director
Mirage 2026
Actor
Fuck the Polis 2026
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Life Lasts Two Days 2022
Actor
The Kegelstatt Trio 2022
Editor, Writer, Director
- o Ah! das coisas. o pecado de João Palolo
o Ah! das coisas. o pecado de João Palolo 2020
Director
- o Ah! das coisas. “Nos quartos das freiras não há espelhos.”
o Ah! das coisas. “Nos quartos das freiras não há espelhos.” 2020
Director
- O Ah! das coisas - The lost letter - Setembro 2020
O Ah! das coisas - The lost letter - Setembro 2020 2020
Director
- o Ah! das coisas. “Um dia voltei ao quarto…”
o Ah! das coisas. “Um dia voltei ao quarto…” 2020
Director
O Ah! das coisas, 6 de Abril 2020 2020
Director
O Ah! das coisas, 21 de Abril 2020 2020
Director
Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies 2019
Actor, Director, Producer
The Portuguese Woman 2019
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Editor
Principiantes 2018
Actor
Correspondences 2016
Editor, Director, Writer
What Now? Remind Me 2014
as Self
A Woman's Revenge 2012
Director, Screenplay
A Portuguese Film 2011
as Herself
The Invisible Collection 2009
Director, Producer, Writer
The 15th Stone 2007
Director, Editor, Idea
No Tempo do Cinema 2006
as Herself
The Conquest of Faro 2005
Director, Editor
Altar 2003
Director, Writer, Producer
Fragile as the World 2001
Director, Screenplay
The Sound of the Shaking Earth 1990
Writer, Director
The Rose King 1986
Set Decoration
- Notre mariage
Notre mariage 1985
Costume Design
Francisca 1981
Costume Design
O Construtor de Anjos 1978
Actor, Assistant Director
D. Jaime or the Portuguese Night 1974
Actor, Assistant Director
Karl Martin 1974
Actor, Assistant Director
Credits from TMDB.