Teresa Font

Teresa Font (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 (1956-03-30) 30 March 1956
Gallifa, Spain
OccupationFilm editor

Biography

Born on 30 March 1956 in Gallifa,[1][2] in the province of Barcelona.

She become acquainted with cinema as a teenager.[3] She briefly worked as secretary in Sabadell.[3] She moved to London at age 17, getting to know films from popular directors.[3][4] Upon her return to Catalonia, she decided to become a film editor.[4] She worked from 1977 to 1988 as editor at TVE, first in Barcelona and from 1984 onward in Madrid.[5] In 1988, she asked for leave from TVE.[5]

She was married to Vicente Aranda, which whom she had two daughters.[6] She was honoured with the 'Ricardo Franco' career award at the 2016 Málaga Film Festival.[3]

Works

Accolades

She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Editing: for Días contados and for Pain and Glory.[10]

References
  1. Serra, Xavi (23 March 2019). "Teresa Font, la muntadora dels silencis de 'Dolor y gloria'". Ara.
  2. 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.
  3. Pereda, Olga (26 June 2016). "Teresa Font: "La sala de montaje es un confesionario"". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Vicente Aranda, un "peliculero" con debilidad por las pasiones". Deia. 26 May 2015.
  7. "La catalana Teresa Font, premi Ricardo Franco del Festival de cinema de Màlaga". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 10 March 2016.
  8. 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.
  9. Riambau 2018, p. 11.
  10. "Teresa Font gana el Goya al mejor montaje, en su primera colaboración con Pedro Almodóvar". Audiovisual451. 27 January 2020.
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