Miguel Borges
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 21, 1937, Picos, Piauí, Brazil
- Died
- June 17, 2013
- Movies
- 19
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".
Best-Known Movies
Five Times Favela
1962
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
1971
Tati, a Garota
1973
The Claudia Case
1979
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
1968
Consórcio de Sexo
1981
O Fraco do Sexo Forte
1973
Batalha dos Guararapes
1978
Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte
1967
Pecado na Sacristia
1975
Filmography
| 2019 | Memórias do Grupo Opinião | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | O Fraco do Sexo Forte |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2003 | As Tranças de Maria | Screenplay |
| 1985 | Os Sapatos | Director |
| 1984 | Tensão no Rio | Producer |
| 1981 | Consórcio de Sexo | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | The Claudia Case | Director |
| 1978 | Batalha dos Guararapes | Screenplay |
| 1975 | Pecado na Sacristia | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | O Último Malandro | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Tati, a Garota | Screenplay |
| 1971 | O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Emboscada | Screenplay |
| 1970 | As Escandalosas | Director |
| 1969 | Seven Men Alive or Dead | Writer |
| 1968 | Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço | Director, Screenplay |
| 1967 | Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1965 | Canalha em Crise | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1962 | Five Times Favela | Director, Writer |
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