His directing work has spanned several genres, styles and formats, from contemporary thrillers and action, to period dramas and teen/young adult shows covering limited series, returning series and long serial dramas, most of them from the initial idea to delivery. He has directed across several countries, including some international co-productions, on award-winning shows sold to many territories. Among them is LAÇOS DE SANGUE, co-produced by Brazilian TV Globo, which won an International Emmy for Best Serial.
He is currently developing a slate of projects for film and television, his own and in collaboration with other writers. Those include the feature film adaptation of BLIND EYE, a full length stage play performed in London and in Europe — where a Nazi war crimes trial in the early 1980s is the motor which drives a story of the conflicting interests of a human rights lawyer and a peace negotiator, and of the legacies parents leave their adult offspring — and the adaptation into a television/streaming 5-episode limited series of the Portuguese novel AS LONGAS NOITES DE CAXIAS, which deals with one of the darkest aspects of the former dictatorship: the persecution and torture by the regime’s political police.
More recently, he has been directing continuously in the UK for the BBC (EASTENDERS and CASUALTY), Channel 4 (HOLLYOAKS) and ITV (CORONATION STREET and EMMERDALE), more than 115 episodes altogether, including some major story peaks and stunts. He has also directed several theatre productions in London.
Known for employing a cinematic and energetic style, Miguel keeps a sensitive eye on performances, nurturing actors and enabling them to realise their full potential while feeling secure and grounded.
Miguel is a member of Directors UK.