Person
Miguel Borges
Directing · 1937–2013 · Picos, Piauí, Brazil
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
Tensão no Rio
Producer
As Tranças de Maria
Screenplay
Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte
Director
Emboscada
Screenplay
Canalha em Crise
Director
The Claudia Case
Director
Noitada de Samba
Editor
O Fraco do Sexo Forte
1973
Consórcio de Sexo
Screenplay
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
Director
Filmography
- 2019Memórias do Grupo OpiniãoSelf (archive footage)
- 2003As Tranças de MariaScreenplay
- 1985Os SapatosDirector
- 1984Tensão no RioProducer
- 1981Consórcio de SexoScreenplay
- 1979The Claudia CaseDirector
- 1978Batalha dos GuararapesScreenplay
- 1978A Noiva da CidadeCo-Writer
- 1977Noitada de SambaEditor
- 1976Fogo MortoEditor
- 1975Pecado na SacristiaDirector
- 1974O Último MalandroDirector
- 1973Tati, a GarotaScreenplay
- 1973O Fraco do Sexo Forte
- 1971O Barão Otelo no Barato dos BilhõesDirector
- 1971EmboscadaScreenplay
- 1970As EscandalosasDirector
- 1969Seven Men Alive or DeadWriter
- 1968Maria Bonita, Rainha do CangaçoDirector
- 1967Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da MorteDirector
- 1965Canalha em CriseDirector
- 1962Five Times FavelaDirector
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