Miguel Arteta

Directing

Miguel Arteta

Born 1965-08-29 · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Miguel Arteta (born August 29, 1965) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker known for his work in independent cinema and television. His film Chuck & Buck (2000) received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature made for under $500,000, while The Good Girl (2002) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was met with positive critical reception. In television, Arteta has directed episodes for series such as The Office, Succession, and Enlightened. His work on Succession earned him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Miguel Arteta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

In Good Company poster
6.1

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.

In Good Company

2004

Youth in Revolt poster
6.1

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 a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.

Youth in Revolt

2009

Digging for Fire poster
5.2

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 a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn't want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected adventures over the course of a weekend, as Tim and his friends seek clues to the mystery while Lee searches for answers to the bigger questions of marriage and parenthood.

Digging for Fire

2015

No artwork available
8.0

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

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

2013

See This Movie poster
5.5

Two bumbling but determined three-day film school graduates enter the Montreal World Film Festival with a feature film that doesn't exist.

See This Movie

2004

Behind the camera

YES DAY poster
6.7

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.

YES DAY

2021

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day poster
6.2

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 if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

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

2014

The Good Girl poster
6.2

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

The Good Girl

2002

Like a Boss poster
6.2

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 fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.

Like a Boss

2020

Youth in Revolt poster
6.1

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 a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.

Youth in Revolt

2009

Cedar Rapids poster
5.9

A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

Cedar Rapids

2011

Beatriz at Dinner poster
5.8

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 cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

Beatriz at Dinner

2017

Duck Butter poster
5.4

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 forward their relationship.

Duck Butter

2018

Duck Butter poster
5.4

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 forward their relationship.

Duck Butter

2018

Star Maps poster
5.5

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 be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood.

Star Maps

1997

Star Maps poster
5.5

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 be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood.

Star Maps

1997

Chuck & Buck poster
6.0

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 behind and developed a dangerous fixation—on Chuck's life.

Chuck & Buck

2000

No artwork available
NR

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

Criminology 101

2003

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? poster
6.3

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 manner is open. He offers oranges to one respondent. He talks, one at a time, to three people. Their answers, however brief, are revealing.

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

2005

The Motel poster
6.3

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 blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.

The Motel

2005

Sleep Toward Heaven poster
NR

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

Sleep Toward Heaven

Sleep Toward Heaven poster
NR

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

Sleep Toward Heaven

No artwork available
NR

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 sprawling, vibrant immigrant community and a forgotten strip mall of buffet restaurants.

Chinatown Film Project

2009

Every Day is a Beautiful Day poster
NR

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.

Every Day is a Beautiful Day

1989