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Miguel Hurst

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Miguel Hurst
Born
Miguel João de Andrade Hurst

(1967-06-06) June 6, 1967 (age 57)
NationalityGerman
Portuguese
Angolan
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Years active1993–present

Miguel João de Andrade Hurst (born 6 June 1967), popularly as Miguel Hurst, is an Angolan actor and director of German and Portuguese descent.[1] He is best known for the roles in the films Foreign Land, Le pacte du Silence and Filhos do Vento.[2]

Personal life

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He was born on 6 June 1967 in Freiburgo, Germany and raised until nine years. From 1977 to 1979, he lived in Guinea Bissau and then moved to Lisbon, Portugal from 1979 to 2003.[3] During that period, he studied at the Lisbon Theater and Film School and later founded the Pau Preto Theater Group in Lisbon. In 2003, he moved to Luanda, Angola and appointed as the director of the Angolan Institute of Audiovisual and Multimedia Cinema (IACAM).[4]

Career

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In 1995 he joined the cast of Teatro Nacional D.Maria II-Lisboa. In 2007, he worked as a teacher in the discipline Introduction to Artistic Expressions at Universidade Independente, Luanda. Then from 2005 onwards, he worked on Theater History at the National Institute for Artistic Training for one year.[3]

Between 2010 and 2016, he worke at the Goethe-Institut Angola (Instituto Cultural Alemao), where he later proposed a project to the director Christiane Schulte about documenting Angola's cinema culture.[5] He was the artistic director at Semba Comunicação, acting in the television series Fora de Série.[3] Later he joined with several soap operas such as Sede de Viver, O Comba, O Testamento and Minha Terra Minha Mãe. Meanwhile, in 2015, he released the book, Angola Cinemas, in collaboration with photographer Walter Fernandes.[6]

As the founder, director and production director of the Pau Preto Theater Group, he producer several theater plays including; Os Condenados, Museu do Pau Preto, Cabral, Alimária, Idéia Karapinha, Quem, The Singing Turtle and Woza Albert.[3]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Genre Ref.
1993 Encontros imperfeitos António Film
1993 A Banqueira do Povo António TV series
1994 Sozinhos em Casa Ernesto TV series
1994 Um Sabor a Mel Jimmy TV series
1994 Os Andrades Rui TV series
1995 Foreign Land Angolano 3 Film
1997 Afro Lisboa Film
1997 Filhos do Vento Arthur TV series
1997 Riscos Zeca TV series
1998 Far from One's Eyes Prisoner in Hospital Film
1998 Terra Mãe Hugo TV series
1999 Jornalistas TV series
1999 Esquadra de Polícia TV series
1999 A Lenda da Garça Guilherme TV series
2001 Jardins Proibidos Adolfo TV series
2002 Super Pai Doctor TV series
2003 Le pacte du silence L'interne Film
2004 The Hero Doctor Luís Film
2010 Regresso a Sizalinda Adolfo TV series
2011 Voo Directo Vitor TV series
2013 Njinga, Queen of Angola Njali Film
2014 Jikulumessu Walter Nambe TV series
2014 Njinga, Rainha de Angola Njali TV series
2017 A Ilha dos Cães Pedro Mbala Film

References

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  1. ^ "Miguel Hurst films". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Miguel Hurst: Director/actor, Luanda, Angola". berlinerfestspiele. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "MIGUEL HURST: TEATRO". neovibe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Miguel Hurst bio". steidl. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ "The unique and distinctive architectural style of Angola's cinemas". designindaba. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Screen stars: rescuing Angola's cinemas". thespaces. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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