Miguel Borges

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-02-21 (76 years old)

Deathday

2013-06-17

Place of Birth

Picos, Piauí, Brazil

Miguel Borges

Biography

Miguel Henrique Borges, professional name Miguel Borges (Picos, Piauí, February 21, 1937 - São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, June 17, 2013) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist, working in Rio newspapers such as O metropolitano, Tribuna da Imprensa, Última Hora and Jornal do Comércio and Prensa Latina. He is considered one of the precursors of Cinema Novo due to his direction in the episode "Zé da Cachorra" in the collective film Cinco Vezes Favela, being his first work as a director. He ended his work as a filmmaker in 1985 with the short film "The Shoes".

Acting

2019

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1978

1973

Tati, a Garota

as Screenplay

1979

The Claudia Case

as Director

1975

1962

1976

Fogo Morto

as Editor

1976

Fogo Morto

as Executive Producer

1975

1975

Pecado na Sacristia

as Screenplay

1971

Emboscada

as Screenplay

1978

A Noiva da Cidade

as Co-Writer

1962

1984

Tensão no Rio

as Producer

1974

1974

O Último Malandro

as Screenplay

1981

Consórcio de Sexo

as Screenplay

1981

2003

1970

As Escandalosas

as Director

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