Verónica Chen
Verónica Chen (born 1969) is an Argentine film director, film editor, and screenwriter. She is part of the Argentine New Wave movement. In 2020, she received the Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
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- Verónica Chen
- Born
- 1969
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Education
- Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica
- Occupation
- * film director
- Movement
- Argentine New Wave movement
- Nationality
- Argentina
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• Name — Verónica Chen • Born — 1969 • Birthplace — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Education — Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica • Occupation — * film director • editor • producer • screenwriter • Movement — Argentine New Wave movement • Notable Works — Marea alta (2020)
Biography
Biography
Verónica Chen was born in Buenos Aires in 1969. Her father was a Chinese diplomat, who was from Nanking and who emigrated to Argentina due to the Japanese invasion. Chen's mother is of Genoese ancestry. Chen has two older brothers. Chen grew up in Texas, living in Dallas for four years and attending school there. After the family returned to Argentina, Chen remained in Argentina and her brothers moved back to Dallas. She studied at Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica, which is a film school that is run by the Argentine National Film Board. Chen graduated from the school as a director. While attending the school, she worked as editing assistant to Luis César D'Angiolillo and eventually made fifteen films with him. As a film director, she is best known for producing films in the thriller genre. She also explores issues of gender.
Filmography
Filmography
• Illustration — Verónica Chen (2007) Chen's has been involved in various feature films, short films and television series as a director, screenwriter, editor or producer. Her involvement in significant projects is listed below. • Year — Title — Format — Director — Screenwriter — Editor — Producer • 1994 — Los Inocentes — Short film — x • 1994 — Qué felicidad — Short film — x • 1995 — Ariel Lavalle — Short film — x • 1995 — Soldado — Short film — x • 1996 — 2015 — Short film — x • 1996 — Calor humano — Short film — x • 1997 — Ezeiza — Short film — x — x • 1998 — A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas — Feature film — x • 1999 — Paseador de almas — Short film — x • 2000 — Esperando el Mesías — Feature film — x • 2001 — Smokers Only — Feature film — x — x — x — x • 2003 — Overblinded — Feature film — x • 2003 — Aguas argentinas — Feature film — x • 2003 — Ensayo — TV series — x — x • 2006 — Agua — Feature film — x — x • 2007 — Fronteras argentinas: Por la razón o la fuerza — TV film — x — x • 2008 — El frasco — Feature film — x — x • 2009 — Paseador de almas — Short film — x • 2010 — Viaje sentimental — Feature film — x — x — x • 2013 — Mujer conejo — Feature film — x — x — x • 2019 — Rosita — Feature film — x — x — x • 2020 — Marea alta — Feature film — x — x
Awards
• 2001: Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival - won Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador. • 2020: Miami International Film Festival - nominated for the HBO Ibero-American Film Competition Best Film Award for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the Knight Marimbas Award. • 2020: Sitges Film Festival - won Blood Window Award for Best Ibero-American Feature Film for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Film for High Tide. • 2020: Splat!FilmFest - nominated for the Audience Award for Best Film for High Tide, and nominated for the Final Girl award. • 2020: Sundance Film Festival - nominated for the Grand Prize of the Universal Film Jury for Dramatic Films for Marea alta.

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- 1.Urraca, Beatriz. La configuración de la mirada en dos películas de Verónica Chen. Hispanic Research Journal. 11. 4. 338–352. September 2010. 10.1179/174582010X12753886893390.
- 2.Lerman, Gabriel. Verónica Chen: "Filmar fuera de Argentina me interesa mucho". Golden Globes. 24 January 2020.
- 3.Martín Peña, Fernando. Verónica Chen: mujer líquida. www.malba.org.ar. 1 December 2022.
- 4.Corrall, Cody. Interviews - Sundance 2020 Women Directors: Meet Verónica Chen – "High Tide". Women and Hollywood. 29 January 2020.
- 5.LITERATURA › 50º ANIVERSARIO DE LA ENERC Haciendo escuela. www.pagina12.com.ar. 29 May 2015.
- 6.Urraca, Beatriz. Contemporary Argentine Women Filmmakers. Springer International Publishing. 201–216. 2023. 9783031323461.
- 7.Verónica Chen - Argentina. pro.festivalscope.com.
- 8.Movies directed by Verónica Chen on cines.com. cines.com.
- 9.Kiang, Jessica. 'High Tide': Film Review. Variety.
- 10.Veronica Chen. www.imdb.com.
- 11.Tricky Life takes top prize at Huelva festival. Screen.
- 12.High Tide. Miami Film Festival.
- 13.Meseguer, Astrid. La sangrienta 'Possessor' de Brandon Cronenberg conquista el Festival de Sitges. La Vanguardia. 17 October 2020.
- 14.'Possessor Uncut', de Brandon Cronenberg, mejor película y dirección en la 53ª edición del Festival de Sitges. AudioVisual451. 19 October 2020.
- 15.Sundance 2020: High Tide, Summer White - Festivals & Awards. www.rogerebert.com.
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