Miguel Gomes

Film director

Popular As Miguel Gomes (director)

Birthday February 20, 1972

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Lisbon, Portugal

Age 52 years old

Nationality Portuguese

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1972

Miguel Gomes (born 1972) is a Portuguese film director.

He studied cinema at Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema).

Trained at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Superior School of Theatre and Film Lisbon), Gomes worked initially as a film critic and author of theoretical writings on cinema.

2004

His films include The Face You Deserve (2004), Our Beloved Month of August (2008) and Tabu (2012).

2012

Tabu was a winner of the Alfred Bauer Prize for Artistic Innovation and the FIPRESCI Jury Prize at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.

2015

His 2015 film Arabian Nights was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.