
Miguel Borges
Directing
🎂 1937-02-21
Miguel Henrique Borges, professional name Miguel Borges (Picos, PiauĂ, February 21, 1937 - SĂŁo Lourenço, Minas Gerais, June 17, 2013) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist, working in Rio newspapers such as O metropolitano, Tribuna da Imprensa, Ăšltima Hora and Jornal do ComĂ©rcio and Prensa Latina. He is considered one of the precursors of Cinema Novo due to his direction in the episode "ZĂ© 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".