Miguel Gaudêncio

Born in Mozambique and raised in Portugal director Miguel Gaudencio had made more than two hundred music videos by the age of 30 He has earned many awards Try Again for example won the SOL TV Music Video award for the best music video of the year 2000 By 2001 advertising agencies were lining up to utilize Miguels talent and he began shooting commercials for leading multinational clients such as McDonalds CocaCola and Mercedes By 2003 Miguel was working right across Europe he has now directed commercials for a stable agencys across the continent and beyond including Poland Germany Russia Croatia Slovenia Czech Republic Bulgaria Romania and North of Africa Maroco and Tunisia In 2004 Miguel directed his first shortfeature The Hole a 30minute film that was the standout work in a tenpart Christmasstory special aired on Portuguese television As his commercial work continued to go from strength to strength Miguel directed his second 30minute feature a taught psychosexual thriller Same Room Same Time in 2006 In 2008 Miguel directed his first fulllength feature film Second Life With an international allstar celebrity cast Piotr Adamczyk Liliana Santos Claudia Vieira the film was the biggest production budget in Portuguese cinema history an eightweek shoot on location in Portugal and Italy The film is the most commercially successful Portuguese film in the first six months of 2009 In 2010 Miguel directed the first ever Polish feature documentary Desire for Beauty on the issues of beauty and selfperception The making of the film Desire for Beauty attracted a number of renowned members of Polish social scene Piotr Najsztub Zbigniew LewStarowicz Maria Czubaszek and found solid support in the professional opinions of the countrys top experts in various fields from psychology to the fashion industry The film stars Agata Kulesza and was released in the cinemas during the spring of 2013 The film has been released worldwide during 2014 through Kinonation an industry leader in VOD distribution and its now available on a series of platforms which include Hulu Amazon Prime and IndieFlix just to say a few Down But Not Out and No Excuses both documentaries shot simultaneous during the summer of 2014 are a personal approach to the world of feminine sport Down But Not Out follows four amateur women boxers as they step into the ring for the first time and No Excuses captures imagery in a Crossfit atmosphere set to a diversified selection of commentators on gender equality Both films will be available in selected cinemas and VOD outlets starting the spring of 2015