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.
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
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.
Footnotes
References
Further reading (Chapter abstract)
External links
Verónica Chen's filmography at cinenacional.com