Miguel Bardem (born 1964) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

Life

Bardem comes from a well-known family of actors. His father was director

Juan Antonio Bardem Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for '' Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festiv ...

, and his aunt is actress

Pilar Bardem María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz (14 March 1939 – 17 July 2021) was a Spanish film and television actress. In 1996, she won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead''. She was the moth ...

. Pilar's children, Javier, Mónica and Carlos are also active in the film industry. Like his father, Bardem chose to work as a director, as well as being a screenwriter and actor. In his films, he often uses members of his family. For example, his aunt Pilar Bardem and his cousin Javier Bardem took on the leading roles in his directorial d''ebut La madre''. His debut work was awarded the

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for Best Fiction Short Film. After this short film, he shot his first feature film with Alfonso Albacete in 1996. ''Más que amor, frenesí'' starred, among others,

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, and Ingrid Rubio. Carlos Bardem, the youngest cousin of Miguel, directed his acting debut under his direction. The style of the film is reminiscent of works by

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, according to a

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review. ''Más que amor, frenesí'' brought Bardem a Goya Award nomination for Best Newcomer Director. His next directing work, ''La mujer más fea del mundo'', starring Elia Galera, Roberto Álvare, and

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. The film was awarded the

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prize. In 2003, Bardem directed the

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-produced documentary ''Ninas de Hojalata''. The film follows the lives of underage girls in

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who are sent by the thousands each year to

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, where they are forced into prostitution. In 2004, Bardem once again released a comedy film with ''Incautos''. The film starred

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and

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. For the 50th anniversary of the comic heroes Clever & Smart, Bardem was commissioned for a live action film adaptation. The film was released in 2008 under the title ''Mortadelo y Filemón. Misión: Salvar la Tierra''. The spy film starred Alex O'Dogherty,

Secun de la Rosa Secundino "Secun" de la Rosa Márquez (born 23 December 1969) is a Spanish actor and theatre author and theatre director, director. Biography Secundino Benjamín Juan de la Rosa Márquez Ailagas de Carvajal was born in Barcelona on 23 Decembe ...

and Edu Soto.

Filmography

* 1995: ''La madre'' * 1996: '' Not Love, Just Frenzy'' (''Más que amor, frenesí'') * 1999: ''The Ugliest Woman in the World'' (''La mujer más fea del mundo'') * 2001: ''Night Of Kings'' ''(Noche de reyes)'' * 2003: ''Tin Girls'' ''(Niñas de Hojalata)'' * 2004: '' Swindled'' ''(Incautos)'' * 2008: '' Mort & Phil. Mission: Save Earth'' ''(Mortadelo y Filemón: Misión: salvar la Tierra)'' * 2014: '' Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco'' * TBA: ''Alina: La Hija Rebelde''

Awards

* 1996:

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Award in the Best Fiction Short Film category for "''La madre''" * 1997: Nominated for the Goya award as best young director for "''Más que amor, frenesí''" * 2000: Nominated for the Goya award as best young director for "''La mujer más fea del mundo''" * 2000: Awarded the

Prize for "''La mujer más fea del mundo''"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardem, Miguel 1964 births

Miguel --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (disamb ...

Living people Film directors from Madrid Spanish male screenwriters