MIGUEL GREW UP AMONG THE FORESTS OF VALLE DE BRAVO. HE IS HALF BRAZILIAN AND HALF MEXICAN, TRAINED IN FILM IN BOTH BRAZIL AND MEXICO. HE HAS DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED SHORT FILMS SELECTED AT FESTIVALS SUCH AS FICUNAM (2017), FICM (2017/2018), AND CANNES (FICM SELECTION AT LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE, 2018).

AS A CINEMATOGRAPHER, HE HAS COLLABORATED ON FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS ACROSS LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA, INCLUDING FLAMINGOS BY LORENZO HAGERMAN, THE QUEENDOM BY OTILIA PORTILLO, AND FIFALIANA, FILMED IN MADAGASCAR AND MOZAMBIQUE. HE WAS INVITED BY THE JACKSON WILD FESTIVAL TO GIVE A MASTERCLASS ON STORYTELLING AND TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS TRAINING PROGRAM IN AUSTRIA, AS WELL AS TO JOIN A PANEL DISCUSSION AT NEWF IN SOUTH AFRICA.

HE IS CURRENTLY EDITING HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM ABOUT FUNGI AND SERVES AS THE CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE SHIPWRECKED BY DIEGO GUTIÉRREZ, SELECTED FOR IDFA 2025.