Miguel Gomes (director)

Miguel Gomes (born 1972) is a Portuguese film director. He studied cinema at Lisbon Theatre and Film School. His films include The Face You Deserve (2004), Our Beloved Month of August (2008) and Tabu (2012), Arabian Nights (2015) and Grand Tour (2024). For the last, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Biography
Trained at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Superior School of Theatre and Film Lisbon), Gomes worked initially as a film critic and author of theoretical writings on cinema. His films include The Face You Deserve (2004), Our Beloved Month of August (2008) and Tabu (2012).

Tabu was a winner of the Alfred Bauer Prize for Artistic Innovation and the FIPRESCI Jury Prize at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prix at Film Fest Gent.

His 2015 film Arabian Nights was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Short films

 * Christmas Inventory (2000, Inventário De Natal)
 * 31 Means Trouble (2001, 31)
 * Kalkitos (2002)
 * Canticle Of All Creatures (2006, Cântico Das Criaturas)

Feature films

 * The Face You Deserve (2004)
 * Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
 * Tabu (2012)
 * Arabian Nights (2015)
 * The Tsugua Diaries (2021)
 * Grand Tour (2024)