Biography
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. 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
all 12
Movies 12
Director 10
Writer 1
Los terrenos (2023)
High Tide (2020)
Rosita (2019)
Intervened Events (2014)
Rabbit Woman (2013)
Viaje sentimental (2010)
The Jar (2008)
Por la razón o por la fuerza (2007)
Agua (2006)
Smokers Only (2002)
A Crysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas (1998)
Paseador de almas
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1969-02-12 (55 years old)
Birth PlaceBuenos Aires, Argentina
CitizenshipsArgentina
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