Valeria Sarmiento

Valeria Sarmiento
Born (1948-10-29) 29 October 1948 (age 76)
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupation(s)Film editor, director, screenwriter
Years active1972–present
StyleDrama, comedy, experimental film
Spouse
(m. 1969; died 2011)

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 and is a Guggenheim Fellow (1988).