Rosa Vergés Coma (born 22 February 1955) is a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter.

Rosa Vergés
Born22 February 1955 (1955-02-22) (age 69)
Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)Filmmaker
screenwriter

Life and career

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Born in Barcelona, the daughter of publisher José Vergés Matas [es] and actress Silvia Morgan, Vergés studied art history at the University of Barcelona and at University of Paris.[1][2] After brief experiences as a model and a stage actress,[1] she started her career as a scriptwriter and an assistant director, collaborating among others with Bigas Luna and Vicente Aranda.[2][3] Before her feature film debut, she directed shorts, commercials and corporate videos.[1][3]

Vergés made her film debut in 1990 with Baby Boom, which premiered in the Critic's Week section of the 47th Venice International Film Festival [1][4] and got her the Goya for Best New Director.[1][5][6] Her following film Souvenir, a comedy about the interracial romance between a Japanese man and a Spanish woman, was a commercial success.[6]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Heredero, Carlos F. (1999). "Rosa Vergés". 20 nuevos directores del cine español. Alianza Editorial. pp. 356–70. ISBN 978-84-206-3866-9.
  2. ^ a b Heredero, Carlos F. (1997). "Vergés, Rosa". Espejo de miradas: entrevistas con nuevos directores del cine español de los años noventa (in Spanish). Fundación Colegio del Rey. p. 752. ISBN 978-84-87153-99-0.
  3. ^ a b Crusells, Magí (2009). "Vergés, Rosa". Directores de cine en Cataluña: de la A a la Z (in Spanish). Edicions Universitat Barcelona. p. 239. ISBN 978-84-475-3316-9.
  4. ^ "Young Directors Featured in Critic's Week". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 314. Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 1990. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ Triana-Toribio, Núria (2016). Spanish Film Cultures: The Making and Unmaking of Spanish Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-84457-824-5.
  6. ^ a b Jordan, Barry (1998). Contemporary Spanish cinema. Manchester University Press. pp. 172–3. ISBN 978-0-7190-4412-0.
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