Biography
Miguel Gomes (Lisbon, 1972) directed several short films presented and awarded in international film festivals. Gomes won in 2024 the Best Director award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for his film with his 6th feature film 'Grand Tour'. The Face You Deserve (2004) was his first feature. His next features Our Beloved Month of August (Cannes' Director's Fortnight 2008), Tabu (Berlinale Official Competition 2012: Alfred Bauer and FIPRESCI awards), Arabian Nights (a film in three feature parts, Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, 2015) and The Tsugua Diaries, co-directed with Maureen Fazendeiro (Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, 2019), confirmed his international success and projection. Gomes is presently working on Selvajaria, based on a book by brazilian author Euclides da Cunha and Cantiga, based on a graphic novel by french ilustrator Blexbolex. Retrospectives of Gomes' work took place in Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, USA. He received a Career Award at Laceno d’Oro Film Festival (Italy, 2016). Miguel graduated in Film from the Lisbon Film and Theatre School and worked as a film critic. He lives in Lisbon.
