Years active 1972-present Spouse Raul Ruiz (m. 1969–2011) | Role Film Editor Name Valeria Sarmiento | |
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Born 1948 (age 66–67) Valparaiso, Chile Movies Lines of Wellington, Amelia Lopes O'Neill, L'inconnu de Strasbourg, Dialogues of Exiles Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, Latin America & Caribbean Similar People Raul Ruiz, Carlos Saboga, Paulo Branco, Nuno Lopes, Carloto Cotta | ||
The Black Book (Le Cahier Noir) by Valeria Sarmiento - Official Trailer
Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a Chilean film editor, director and screenwriter. She has worked both in film and television. She has directed 19 feature films and documentaries since 1972. Her debut feature Notre mariage (1984) was a Grand Prix winner for Best New Director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and her 1991 film Amelia Lópes O'Neill was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. She is the widow of Chilean film director Raúl Ruiz with whom she worked for decades as regular collaborator, editor and writer. She has also edited films for Luc Moullet, Robert Kramer and Ventura Pons and is a Guggenheim Fellow (1988). Her film Lines of Wellington competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
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Biography
Sarmiento was born in the Chilean municipality of Valparaíso, where she studied film. She married filmmaker Raúl Ruiz (director) in 1969. Four years later they were forced to move to Paris (France) in 1974 due to the Chilean Coup d'état of Augusto Pinochet in September 1973. Sarmiento recalled having been exposed to film at the age of five, where she grew familiar with the works of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and others. Sarmiento was rarely exposed to French films due to censorship but by what she refers to as a moment of "magic" she was able to see Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960 film) at the age of twelve.
Filmography
Sarmiento made her debut as a director with her documentary Un sueño como de colores (1972) about a group of women dedicated to striptease. The tone of this documentary would be a recurring theme for Sarmiento's work on issues related to women, machismo, and similar topics. She has also acted in some works directed by Ruiz, like the feature Diálagos de exiliados (1975) and the short film Voyage d'une main (1985). Sarmiento's career in film and television covers the second half of the twentieth century up until 2013.