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For the association football player, see Mikel Arteta.
Miguel Arteta
Born1965 (age 58–59)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
EducationAFI Conservatory
OccupationDirector

Miguel Arteta (born 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).

Early life

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Peruvian father and Spanish mother,[2] Arteta grew up all over 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, 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 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). The trio worked together once more on 2002's The Good Girl, starring Jennifer Aniston.

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.[3]

Most recently he reunited with White and directed four episodes of White's HBO series Enlightened.

Filmography

Year Title With Notes Rotten Tomatoes
1997 Star Maps Douglas Spain National Board of Review - Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking
Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film 		31%[4]
2000 Chuck & Buck Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Maya Rudolph Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature - Under $500,000
National Board of Review - Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking
Nominated - Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize : Dramatic
Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
Nominated - Deauville Film Festival for Grand Special Prize
Nominated - BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film
Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Feature Film
Nominated - Gijón International Film Festival for Best Feature 		85%[5]
2002 The Good Girl Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson, Zooey Deschanel, Mike White, Aimee Garcia National Board of Review - Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking
Nominated - Deauville Film Festival for Grand Special Prize
Nominated - Golden Trailer Awards for Best Drama
Nominated - Gijón International Film Festival for Best Feature 		81%[6]
2009 Youth in Revolt Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Mary Kay Place, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Long, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, M. Emmet Walsh, Jonathan B. Wright, Erik Knudsen, Fred Willard, Ari Graynor, Rooney Mara National Board of Review - Top Independent Films 65%[7]
2011 Cedar Rapids Ed Helms, Anne Heche, John C. Reilly, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Rob Corddry, Mike O'Malley, Sigourney Weaver, Thomas Lennon, Mike Birbiglia National Board of Review - Top Ten Independent Films 86%[8]
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Dylan Minnette, Bella Thorne, Megan Mullally, Jennifer Coolidge National Board of Review 61%[9]
2017 Beatriz at Dinner Salma Hayek, Chloë Sevigny, Connie Britton, Jay Duplass, John Lithgow, Amy Landecker 77%[10]
2018 Duck Butter[11] Alia Shawkat, Lindsay Burdge, Laia Costa 52%[12]

References

  1. ^ "Sundance Video Interview: 'Cedar Rapids' Director Miguel Arteta". firstshowing.net. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "Miguel Arteta:Overview". MSN. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  3. ^ Hewitt, Chris. "Cedar Rapids Takes The Helms". Empire.
  4. ^ "Star Maps". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  5. ^ "Chuck & Buck". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Good Girl". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Youth in Revolt". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Cedar Rapids". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  9. ^ "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "Beatriz at Dinner". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  11. ^ Friedman, Ann (May 13, 2017). "'I'm not a quirky 17-year-old any more': what Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat did next". The Guardian. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  12. ^ "Duck Butter". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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