Verónica Chen (born 1969) is an

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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

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Biography

Verónica Chen was born in

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in 1969. Her father was a Chinese diplomat, who was from

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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

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, living in

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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

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genre. She also explores issues of gender.

Filmography

Chen's has been involved in various feature films, short films and television series as a director, screenwriter, editor or producer. Her involvement in significant projects is listed below.

Awards

* 2001:

- won Best New Director award for ''Vagón Fumador''. * 2020:

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- nominated for the ''HBO Ibero-American Film Competition'' Best Film Award for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the Knight Marimbas Award. * 2020:

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- won ''Blood Window Award for Best Ibero-American Feature Film'' for ''High Tide (Marea Alta)'', and nominated for the ''New Visions Award for Best Film'' for ''High Tide''. * 2020: Splat!FilmFest - nominated for the ''Audience Award for Best Film'' for ''High Tide'', and nominated for the ''Final Girl'' award. * 2020:

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- nominated for the ''Grand Prize of the Universal Film Jury for Dramatic Films'' for ''Marea alta''.

Footnotes

References

External links

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