Teresa Font Guiteras (born 30 March 1956) is a Spanish film editor from Catalonia. She is a recurring collaborator in films directed by Imanol Uribe and Vicente Aranda.

Teresa Font
At the 12th Gaudí Awards in 2020
Born
Teresa Font Guiteras

(1956-03-30) 30 March 1956 (age 68)
Gallifa, Spain
OccupationFilm editor

Biography

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Teresa Font Guiteras was born on 30 March 1956 in Gallifa,[1][2][3] in the province of Barcelona.

She become acquainted with cinema as a teenager.[4] She briefly worked as a secretary in Sabadell.[4] She moved to London at age 17, getting to know films by popular directors.[4][5] Upon her return to Catalonia, she decided to become a film editor.[5] She worked from 1977 to 1988 as editor at TVE, first in Barcelona and from 1984 onward in Madrid.[6] In 1988, she asked for leave from TVE.[6]

She was married to Vicente Aranda, which whom she had two daughters.[7] She was honoured with the 'Ricardo Franco' career award at the 2016 Málaga Film Festival.[4]

Works

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Accolades

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She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Editing: for Días contados and for Pain and Glory.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "El Terra Gollut reconeixerà la trajectòria de la muntadora de cinema Teresa Font, amb dos Goya". Nació Digital. 28 October 2020.
  2. ^ Serra, Xavi (23 March 2019). "Teresa Font, la muntadora dels silencis de 'Dolor y gloria'". Ara.
  3. ^ Prieto Souto, Xose; Doménech González, Gabriel, eds. (2018). Respirar con la imagen. Conversaciones sobre montaje con Teresa Font (PDF). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. p. 17. ISBN 978-84-09-07487-7.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Pereda, Olga (26 June 2016). "Teresa Font: "La sala de montaje es un confesionario"". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  5. ^ a b "La història que ha portat Teresa Font al Goya i a ser un dels grans noms del muntatge". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s García, Salvi; Artacho, Juan Luis (10 March 2016). "Teresa Font, Premio Ricardo Franco - Academia de Cine del 19 Festival de Málaga" (PDF). Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Vicente Aranda, un "peliculero" con debilidad por las pasiones". Deia. 26 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d "La catalana Teresa Font, premi Ricardo Franco del Festival de cinema de Màlaga". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 10 March 2016.
  9. ^ "'Las furias', de Miguel del Arco, en un programa especial de Versión Española dedicado al montaje cinematográfico". rtve.es. 23 October 2020.
  10. ^ Riambau, Esteve (2018). "Lecciones de vida y montaje". In Prieto Souto, Xose; Doménech González, Gabriel (eds.). Respirar con la imagen. Conversaciones sobre montaje con Teresa Font (PDF). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. p. 17. ISBN 978-84-09-07487-7.
  11. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (21 February 2018). "Crítica: La enfermedad del domingo". Cineuropa.
  12. ^ Riambau 2018, p. 11.
  13. ^ "Teresa Font gana el Goya al mejor montaje, en su primera colaboración con Pedro Almodóvar". Audiovisual451. 27 January 2020.