Biography and filmography

Valeria Sarmiento

Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and television series'. She is the widow of Chilean film director Raúl Ruiz (1941-2011) with whom she collaborated for decades as regular editor and co-writer. She has also edited films for Luc Moullet, Robert Kramer and Ventura Pons .

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Movies (63)

Behind the Rain

Behind the Rain

2026 · Director

Traces

Traces

2023 · Editor, Director

Socialist Realism

Socialist Realism

2023 · Director

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

2020 · Co-Writer, Co-Director

The Black Book

The Black Book

2018 · Director

The Wandering Soap Opera

The Wandering Soap Opera

2018 · Director, Editor

Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington

2012 · Director, Editor

A Closed Book

A Closed Book

2012 · Editor

Night Across the Street

Night Across the Street

2012 · Editor

Mysteries of Lisbon

Mysteries of Lisbon

2010 · Editor

Nucingen House

Nucingen House

2009 · Costume Design

Secrets

Secrets

2008 · Director, Idea

La Recta Provincia

La Recta Provincia

2007 · Editor

Klimt

Klimt

2006 · Editor

The Lost Domain

The Lost Domain

2005 · Editor

A Place Among the Living

A Place Among the Living

2003 · Editor

That Day

That Day

2003 · Editor

Rosa la China

Rosa la China

2002 · Director

Savage Souls

Savage Souls

2001 · Editor

Love Torn in a Dream

Love Torn in a Dream

2000 · Editor

The Stranger From Strasbourg

The Stranger From Strasbourg

1998 · Director, Writer

The Film to Come

The Film to Come

1997 · Editor

Genealogies of a Crime

Genealogies of a Crime

1997 · Editor

Elle

Elle

1996 · Director, Screenplay

Wind Water

Wind Water

1995 · Editor

The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

1994 · Editor

The Solitudes

The Solitudes

1992 · Editor

Amelia Lópes O'Neill

Amelia Lópes O'Neill

1992 · Director, Writer, Adaptation

Planet of the Children

Planet of the Children

1992 · Director

Three Crowns of the Sailor

Three Crowns of the Sailor

1991 · Editor

Brise-glace

Brise-glace

1990 · Editor

L'Autel de l'amitié

L'Autel de l'amitié

1989 · Editor

Derrière le Mur

Derrière le Mur

1989 · Editor

Tous les nuages sont des horloges

Tous les nuages sont des horloges

1988 · Editor

The Blind Owl

The Blind Owl

1987 · Editor

Brise-Glace: Histoires de glace

Brise-Glace: Histoires de glace

1987 · Editor

Dog's Dialogue

Dog's Dialogue

1987 · Editor

Boucherie fine

Boucherie fine

1987 · Thanks

Dans un miroir

Dans un miroir

1986 · Editor

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1986 · Editor

Notre mariage

Notre mariage

1985 · Director, Screenplay

Voyage of a Hand

Voyage of a Hand

1984 · Editor

City of Pirates

City of Pirates

1984 · Editor

Les Minutes d'un faiseur de film

Les Minutes d'un faiseur de film

1983 · Editor

A Man, When He Is a Man

A Man, When He Is a Man

1983 · Director, Writer

On Top of the Whale

On Top of the Whale

1982 · Editor

J'ai rencontré l'arbre à pain

J'ai rencontré l'arbre à pain

1982 · Director

The Territory

The Territory

1981 · Editor

Guns

Guns

1980 · Editor

Of Great Events and Ordinary People

Of Great Events and Ordinary People

1980 · Editor

The One-Eyed Man

The One-Eyed Man

1980 · Editor

Origins of a Meal

Origins of a Meal

1979 · Editor

Le Mal du pays

Le Mal du pays

1979 · Director

Gens de nulle part, gens de toutes parts

Gens de nulle part, gens de toutes parts

1979 · Director

The Suspended Vocation

The Suspended Vocation

1978 · Editor

Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait

Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait

1978 · Editor

Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down

Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down

1976 · Editor

Sotelo

Sotelo

1976 · Sound

Dialogues of Exiles

Dialogues of Exiles

1975 · Producer, Editor

La Femme au foyer

La Femme au foyer

1975 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

Les transplantés

Les transplantés

1975 · Editor

The Expropriation

The Expropriation

1974 · Editor

A Dream as in Colours

A Dream as in Colours

1973 · Director

TV shows (5)