João Salaviza (Portuguese: João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; born 19 February 1984; Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and former actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including the Short Film Golden Bear, the Short Film Palme d'Or, and the Un Certain Regard. João Salaviza was born on 19 February 1984, in Lisbon, Portugal. His father is José Edgar Feldman, a film director, and his mother is a producer. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His film Arena won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, his film Rafa won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Salaviza worked as assistant editor in Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.
When It Thunders
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
L'Enfant du secret
Da Invicta ao Sonoro
Poor George
(Nuno - Jorge's Nephew)
When It Thunders
(Gaspar as a Child)
A Portuguese Film
(Himself)
Belle Époque
(Street Musician)
Querença
(Zé Manel)
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
(Self)
Regards d'enfance
Sozinhos em Casa
Rafa
(Director)
High Cities of Bone
(Editor)
Arena
(Director)
Cerro Negro
(Editor)
Cerro Negro
(Director)
Cerro Negro
(Writer)
Strokkur
(Director)
Strokkur
(Writer)
Strokkur
(Editor)
Hotel Müller
(Writer)
Hotel Müller
(Editor)
Hotel Müller
(Director)
Strokkur
(Producer)
Strokkur
(Director of Photography)
Casa Na Comporta
(Writer)
Two People
(Director)
Mountain
(Director)
Mountain
(Writer)
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death
(Screenplay)
High Cities of Bone
(Director)
High Cities of Bone
(Writer)
Rafa
(Editor)
Rafa
(Screenplay)
Arena
(Screenplay)
Arena
(Editor)
Mountain
(Editor)
The Buriti Flower
(Story)
The Buriti Flower
(Editor)
The Buriti Flower
(Director)
The Messenger
(Editor)
Russa
(Director)
The Buriti Flower
(Producer)
Cães de Caça
(Director)
Strokkur
(Sound Editor)
Cães de Caça
(Writer)
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
(Assistant Editor)
Cães de Caça
(Editor)
The Summer of Rita M.
(Editor)
Lumiar
(Assistant Director)
The Dead and the Others
(Director)
The Dead and the Others
(Writer)
Russa
(Producer)
Russa
(Writer)
Russa
(Editor)
Dedicated To The One I Love
(Editor)
Casa Na Comporta
(Director)
The Dead and the Others
(Editor)
The Dead and the Others
(Producer)
To Our Friends
(Producer)
Ketwajê
(Producer)