Miguel Arteta

Miguel Arteta

1965-08-29 San Juan, Puerto Rico 23 Credits

Biography

Miguel Arteta (born 1965) is a Puerto Rican director.

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YES DAY

YES DAY

2021

Executive Producer, Director

6.7
Producing Directing

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

Like a Boss

2020

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Duck Butter

2018

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

5.4
Directing Writing Producing

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

Beatriz at Dinner

2017

Director

5.8
Directing

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

Digging for Fire

2015

as Bartender

5.1
Acting

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

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

2014

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Acting

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

2011

Director

5.9
Directing

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

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Thanks

6.5

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

Youth in Revolt

2009

as Illegal Immigrant #2

6.2
Acting

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

Youth in Revolt

2009

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Directing

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

The Motel

2005

Producer

6.2
Producing

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?

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

2005

Director

6.0
Directing

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

In Good Company

2004

as Globecom Technician

6.0
Acting

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

See This Movie

2004

as Festival Panelist

5.0
Acting

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

Directing

A criminal lawyer attempts to solve cases by hiring two two law school grads.

The Good Girl

The Good Girl

2002

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck

2000

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Star Maps

1997

Screenplay, Director, Story

5.3
Writing Directing

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

Q & A

1990

Location Assistant

5.8

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

Every Day is a Beautiful Day

N/A

Director

Directing

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

Sleep Toward Heaven

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

The lives of three disparate women collide in the aftermath of a crime during a brutal Texas summer.