2012Nominee
Best Director
Passion
Margarida Gil
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Covilhã, Portugal
September 7, 1950
Biography
Born in Covilhã, Portugal in 1950, she studied German philology in Lisbon. As a filmmaker, she can look back on a career spanning over 30 years with films including Relação Fiel e Verdadeira, which screened at Venice, and Rosa Negra, which was presented at Locarno. She was married to the director João César Monteiro and worked closely with him as an actor, screenwriter and assistant director. In 2005, she won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome International Film Festival.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1988Winner
Best Director
Flores Amargas
1979Nominee
Best Performance
The Love of the Three Pomegranates
Career Highlights
2018Highlight
Best Director
Sea
1972Highlight
Best Director
Fragments of an Alms-Film