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Name
  
Miguel Pereira

Role
  
Film director


Education
  
London Film School

Movies
  
Veronico Cruz, Destiny


Born
  
April 12, 1957 (age 67) , (
1957-04-12
)
San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province, Argentina

Occupation
  
film director, producer, and writer

Similar People
  
Juan Jose Camero, Carolina Roman, Fortunato Ramos, Tristan Ulloa, Tomas Lipan

Miguel Pereira (born April 12, 1957 in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province, Argentina) is a film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.

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Biography

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Pereira was a film student at the London Film School in the early 1980s and graduated in 1982.

His breakout film as a director and, also his first, was Verónico Cruz (1988), an Argentine and British co-production, which won many awards at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Silver Berlin Bear.

From 2002 to 2008 he was the president of the Mar Del Plata International Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a prestigious festival that takes place every year during March in Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is considered a 'Category A' festival, along with festivals like Cannes, Berlin or Venice.

Directing Filmography

  • Verónico Cruz: La Deuda interna (1988)
  • La Última siembra (1991) aka The Last Harvest
  • Sin palabras... Jujuy (1994)
  • Che... Ernesto (1998)
  • Historias de Argentina en vivo (2001)
  • La Saga de Cirilo Donaire (2003)
  • El Destino (2006), aka The Man Who Came to a Village
  • Awards

    Wins

  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Award of Ecumenical Jury, El Destino, 2006.
  • Tokyo International Film Festival: Bronze Award, La Última siembra, 1991.
  • 38th Berlin International Film Festival: Interfilm Award, Honorable Mention; OCIC Award, Honorable Mention; Silver Berlin Bear; Verónico Cruz, 1988.
  • Bogota Film Festival: Special Prize, Verónico Cruz, 1989.
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Film, Verónico Cruz, 1989.
  • Nominations

  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Crystal Globe, El Destino, 2006.
  • Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Berlin Bear, Miguel Pereira, 1988.
  • References

    Miguel Pereira (film director) Wikipedia