Miguel Borges
- Directing
- February 21, 1937 · Picos, Piauí, Brazil
- June 17, 2013
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".
Known for
Filmography
- O Espião Que Veio do Futebol · Augusto
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião · Self
- As Tranças de Maria · Screenplay
- Os Sapatos · Director
- Tensão no Rio · Producer
- Consórcio de Sexo · Director, Screenplay
- The Claudia Case · Director
- Batalha dos Guararapes · Screenplay
- A Noiva da Cidade · Co-Writer
- Noitada de Samba · Editing
- Fogo Morto · Editing, Executive producer
- Pecado na Sacristia · Director, Screenplay
- O Último Malandro · Director, Screenplay
- Tati, a Garota · Screenplay
- O Fraco do Sexo Forte
- O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões · Director, Editing
- Emboscada · Screenplay
- As Escandalosas · Director
- Seven Men Alive or Dead · Editing, Writer
- Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço · Director, Screenplay
- Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte · Director, Screenplay
- Canalha em Crise · Director, Screenplay
- Five Times Favela · Director, Writer