# Verónica Chen

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.

## Biography

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

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.
| Year | Title | Format | Director | Screenwriter | Editor | Producer |
| 1994 | Los Inocentes | Short film | x | | | |
| 1994 | Qué felicidad | Short film | x | | | |
| 1995 | Ariel Lavalle | Short film | x | | | |
| 1995 | Soldado | Short film | x | | | |
| 1996 | 2015 | Short film | x | | | |
| 1996 | Calor humano | Short film | x | | | |
| 1997 | Ezeiza | Short film | x | x | | |
| 1998 | A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas | Feature film | | | x | |
| 1999 | Paseador de almas | Short film | | | x | |
| 2000 | Esperando el Mesías | Feature film | | | x | |
| 2001 | Vagón fumador | Feature film | x | x | x | x |
| 2003 | Overblinded | Feature film | x | | | |
| 2003 | Aguas argentinas | Feature film | x | | | |
| 2003 | Ensayo | TV series | x | x | | |
| 2006 | Agua | Feature film | x | x | | |
| 2007 | Fronteras argentinas: Por la razón o la fuerza | TV film | x | x | | |
| 2008 | El frasco | Feature film | x | x | | |
| 2009 | Paseador de almas | Short film | | | x | |
| 2010 | Viaje sentimental | Feature film | x | x | | x |
| 2013 | Mujer conejo | Feature film | x | x | | x |
| 2019 | Rosita | Feature film | x | x | | x |
| 2020 | Marea alta | Feature film | x | x | | |

## Awards

* 2001: Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival - won Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador.
* 2020: Miami International Film Festival - nominated for the HBO Ibero-American Film Competition Best Film Award for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the Knight Marimbas Award.
* 2020: Sitges Film Festival - 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: Sundance Film Festival - nominated for the Grand Prize of the Universal Film Jury for Dramatic Films for Marea alta.

## Footnotes

* ↑ at the time, this film was called the Centro de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica