Miguel Pereira | |
|---|---|
 Miguel Ángel Pereira | |
| Born | April 12, 1957 |
| Alma mater | London Film School |
| Occupation(s) | film director, producer, and writer |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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