Miguel Arteta

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Miguel Arteta
Born (1965-08-29) August 29, 1965 (age 58)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Education Harvard University
Wesleyan University (BA)
American Film Institute (MFA)
OccupationDirector
Years active1990-present

Miguel Arteta (born August 29, 1965) is a Puerto Rican [1] director of film and television, known for his independent film Chuck & Buck (2000), for which he received the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, and for the films The Good Girl (2002) and Cedar Rapids (2011).

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Early life

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Peruvian father and Spanish mother, [2] Arteta grew up across Latin America due to his father's job as a Chrysler auto parts salesman. He went to high school in Costa Rica but was expelled, and went to live with his sister in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating from The Cambridge School of Weston in Massachusetts. He then attended Harvard University's documentary program where he learned filmmaking. He eventually left for Wesleyan University, where he met future collaborators Matthew Greenfield and Mike White.

After graduating in 1989, his student film Every Day is a Beautiful Day won a Student Academy Award, which got him a job as a second assistant camera to Jonathan Demme on the documentary Cousin Bobby . Demme then recommended him to the AFI Conservatory, and Arteta received his MFA there in 1993.

Career

Arteta's first film, Star Maps , is a dark tale of a Mexican teenage boy and aspiring actor who is pimped by his father as a male prostitute in Los Angeles. [3] It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. It was a critical hit, receiving five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay. He then turned to directing television shows, helming episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street , Freaks and Geeks , and Six Feet Under . He has also since directed episodes of The Office , Ugly Betty , and American Horror Story .

Arteta achieved critical acclaim and won a 2001 Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Under $500,000 for Chuck & Buck , which teamed him with his fellow Wesleyan alumni Greenfield (film producer) and White (screenwriter and star). It is a story of male friendship and homoerotic desire, featuring a 27-year-old man who tracks down his former best friend and stalks him, hoping to re-enact their childhood sex games. [3] The trio worked together once more on 2002's The Good Girl , starring Jennifer Aniston, a retelling of Flaubert's Madame Bovary set in the American Midwest. [3]

Arteta's Youth in Revolt , a comedy starring Michael Cera, was released in 2010. Arteta's Cedar Rapids , starring Ed Helms and produced by Alexander Payne, was released in 2011. [4] Most recently he reunited with White and directed four episodes of White's HBO series Enlightened .

Arteta re-teamed with Mike White on Beatriz at Dinner , which starred Salma Hayek and John Lithgow. [5] It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017, and was released in June 2017, by Roadside Attractions. [6] [7] Arteta next directed Duck Butter , which he co-wrote alongside Alia Shawkat who starred in the film alongside Laia Costa, the film was shot over the course of nine days with the majority being shot over the course of 24 hours. [8] It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2018. [9] and was released on April 27, 2018. [10] The film received mixed reviews from film critics. [11]

In 2020, Arteta directed Like a Boss , starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne and re-teaming with Hayek, which was released on January 10 by Paramount Pictures. [12] He directed Yes Day , starring Jennifer Garner and Jenna Ortega for Netflix. [13] [14]

Filmography

Director
YearTitleNotes
1997 Star Maps
1998Livin' ThingShort film
1999 Homicide: Life on the Streets "Zen and the Art of Murder"
1999 Snoops "True Believers"
2000 Chuck & Buck
2000 Freaks and Geeks "Chokin' and Tokin' "
2000 Time of Your Life "The Time She Made a Temporary Decision"
2002 The Good Girl
2003Criminology 101TV movie
2004 Cracking Up "Birds Do It"
2001–2004 Six Feet Under 3 episodes
— "The Will" (2001)
— "The Liar and the Whore" (2002)
— "Terror Starts at Home" (2004)
2005Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?Short film
2006 The Office "Diwali"
2007 Ugly Betty "Punch Out"
2009 Youth in Revolt
2009Chinatown Film Project
2011 Cedar Rapids
2011 The Big C 2 episodes
— "Sexual Healing"
— "Boo"
2011 How to Make It in America "Mofongo"
2011 New Girl "Thanksgiving"
2011 American Horror Story "Rubber Man"
2011 Enlightened 4 episodes
— "Now or Never"
— "Someone Else's Life"
— "Comrades Unite!"
— "Burn It Down"
2012 House of Lies "Bareback Town"
2012 Nurse Jackie 2 episodes
— "Day of the Iguana"
— "Chaud & Froid"
2012 The New Normal 2 episodes
— "Nanagasm"
— "The Godparent Trap"
2013 The Carrie Diaries "Pilot"
2013RitaTV movie
2013–15 Getting On 9 episodes
— "Born on the Fourth of July" (2013)
— "No Such Thing as Idealized Genitalia" (2014)
— "Is Soap a Hazardous Substance?" (2014)
— "This Is About Vomit, People." (2015)
— "Don't Let It Get in You or On You" (2015)
— "No, I Don't Want a Fucking Smiley Face" (2015)
— "Am I Still Me?" (2015)
— "Please Partake of a Memorial Orange" (2015)
— "Reduced to Eating Boiled Magazines and Book Paste" (2015)
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2015 Grace & Frankie "The Elevator"
2017 Beatriz at Dinner
2017 Famous in Love "Pilot"
2018 Duck Butter
2018 Succession "Austerlitz"
2018 Forever 2 episodes
— "Another Place"
— "Oceanside"
2019 Room 104 "No Hospital"
2020 Like a Boss
2021 Yes Day
2021 The Morning Show "Testimony"
2022 Florida Man 2 episodes
— "Episode #1.1"
— "Episode #"1.2"
Producer
YearTitleNotes
2005 The Motel
2008Tess and NanaShort film

(Executive Producer)

2009We Are the ModsExecutive Producer
2011 Enlightened Co-Executive Producer (9 episodes)
2013 The Carrie Diaries Executive Producer
2013 Rita TV movie
(Executive Producer)
2013–15 Getting On Executive Producer (7 episodes)
2018 Duck Butter Executive Producer
2021 Yes Day Executive Producer
2022 Florida Man Executive Producer (8 episodes)
Actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 See This Movie Festival Panelist
2004 In Good Company Globecome Technician
2009 Youth in Revolt Illegal Immigrant #2
2013 Enlightened Flender Fan in Bar"Follow Me"
2015 Digging for Fire Bartender
Writer
YearTitleNotes
1997 Star Maps screenplay / story
1998Livin' ThingShort film
2018 Duck Butter
2019 Room 104 "No Hospital"

Awards and nominations

Accolades

TitleYearAssociation / CategoryResultsRef
Star Maps 1997 Mar del Plata Film Festival for Best Film — International Competition Nominated
1998 ALMA Award for Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film Nominated [15]
1998 Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Film (shared with Matthew Greenfield)Nominated [16]
1998 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Nominated
Time of Your Life 2001 ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Drama Series Nominated [17]
Freaks and Geeks 2001 ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Comedy Series Nominated
Chuck & Buck 2000 Deauville Film Festival for Grand Prize Award Nominated
2000 Gijon International Film Festival for Best Feature Nominated
2000 Sundance Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize — Drama Nominated
2001 ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Feature Film Nominated [17]
2001 Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Film — Under $500,000 (shared with Mike White & Matthew Greenfield)Won [18]
2001 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Nominated
The Good Girl 2002 Deauville Film Festival for Grand Prize Award Nominated
2002 Gijon International Film Festival for Best Feature Nominated
Six Feet Under 2002OFTA Television Award for Best Direction in a DramaNominated [19]
The Motel 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (shared with Michael Kang / Matthew Greenfield / Gian Kwon / Karin Chien)Nominated [20]
Youth in Revolt 2009 Deauville Film Festival for Grand Prize Award Nominated
How to Make It in America 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series ("Mofongo")Nominated
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 2014 Heartland Film Award for Truly Moving Picture Award Won
Beatriz at Dinner 2017 Imagen Foundation Award for Best Director Won
Duck Butter 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for Best Narrative Feature Nominated
Room 104 2020 Imagen Foundation Award for Best Director — Television Nominated

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