Biography
Miguel Arteta (born 1965) is a Puerto Rican director.
Known For
Complete Filmography

YES DAY
2021
Executive Producer, Director
A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure...

Like a Boss
2020
Director
Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fort...

Duck Butter
2018
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast ...

Beatriz at Dinner
2017
Director
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthr...

Digging for Fire
2015
as Bartender
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
Director
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder i...
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013
as Self
A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Cedar Rapids
2011
Director
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Thanks
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Youth in Revolt
2009
as Illegal Immigrant #2
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to...

Youth in Revolt
2009
Director
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to...
Chinatown Film Project
2009
Director
Chinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities, in our imaginations, on our television screens, and in our memories. It is at once a sprawli...

The Motel
2005
Producer
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and bl...

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?
2005
Director
A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His ma...

In Good Company
2004
as Globecom Technician
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naiv...

See This Movie
2004
as Festival Panelist
Two bumbling but determined three-day film school graduates enter the Montreal World Film Festival with a feature film that doesn't exist.
Criminology 101
2003
Director
A criminal lawyer attempts to solve cases by hiring two two law school grads.

The Good Girl
2002
Director
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Chuck & Buck
2000
Director
Chuck and Buck are childhood best friends whose lives have taken very different paths. While Chuck moved away and now has a real life, Buck stayed beh...

Star Maps
1997
Screenplay, Director, Story
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will b...

Q & A
1990
Location Assistant
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who...

Every Day is a Beautiful Day
N/A
Director
After attending the "Every Day is a Beautiful Day" seminar, a man is inspired to conquer his fear of singing in a world of constant song and dance.

Sleep Toward Heaven
N/A
Director, Screenplay
The lives of three disparate women collide in the aftermath of a crime during a brutal Texas summer.