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Home/People/Miguel Gomes
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Born
Jan 1, 1972
Age 54
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

8
Movies
0
TV Shows
18
Directed
IMDb Profile

Miguel Gomes

Directing

Biography
Miguel Gomes (born 1972, Lisbon, Portugal) 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. His films include The Face You Deserve (2004), Our Beloved Month of August (2008) and Tabu (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. His 2015 film Arabian Nights was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miguel Gomes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Tsugua Diaries poster

The Tsugua Diaries

Cast
2021
Acts of Cinema poster

Acts of Cinema

Cast
2018
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One poster

Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One

as Realizador
2015
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

Cast
2015
Tabu poster

Tabu

as Narrator (voice)
2012
The Portuguese Nun poster

The Portuguese Nun

Cast
2009
Song of Love and Health poster

Song of Love and Health

as Pai do João (voice)
2009
Carnival: Looking for Paulo 'Miller' poster

Carnival: Looking for Paulo 'Miller'

Cast
2008