Miguel Hurst

Miguel João de Andrade Hurst (born 6 June 1967), popularly as Miguel Hurst, is an Angolan actor and director of German and Portuguese descent.[1] He is best known for the roles in the films Foreign Land, Le pacte du Silence and Filhos do Vento.[2]

Miguel Hurst
Born
Miguel João de Andrade Hurst

(1967-06-06) June 6, 1967
Freiburgo, Germany
NationalityGerman
Portuguese
Angolan
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Years active1993–present

Personal life

He was born on 6 June 1967 in Freiburgo, Germany and raised until nine years. From 1977 to 1979, he lived in Guinea Bissau and then moved to Lisbon, Portugal from 1979 to 2003.[3] During that period, he studied at the Lisbon Theater and Film School and later founded the Pau Preto Theater Group in Lisbon. In 2003, he moved to Luanda, Angola and appointed as the director of the Angolan Institute of Audiovisual and Multimedia Cinema (IACAM).[4]

Career

In 1995 he joined the cast of Teatro Nacional D.Maria II-Lisboa. In 2007, he worked as a teacher in the discipline Introduction to Artistic Expressions at Universidade Independente, Luanda. Then from 2005 onwards, he worked on Theater History at the National Institute for Artistic Training for one year.[3]

Between 2010 and 2016, he worke at the Goethe-Institut Angola (Instituto Cultural Alemao), where he later proposed a project to the director Christiane Schulte about documenting Angola's cinema culture.[5] He was the artistic director at Semba Comunicação, acting in the television series Fora de Série.[3] Later he joined with several soap operas such as Sede de Viver, O Comba, O Testamento and Minha Terra Minha Mãe. Meanwhile, in 2015, he released the book, Angola Cinemas, in collaboration with photographer Walter Fernandes.[6]

As the founder, director and production director of the Pau Preto Theater Group, he producer several theater plays including; Os Condenados, Museu do Pau Preto, Cabral, Alimária, Idéia Karapinha, Quem, The Singing Turtle and Woza Albert.[3]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1993Encontros imperfeitosAntónioFilm
1993A Banqueira do PovoAntónioTV series
1994Sozinhos em CasaErnestoTV series
1994Um Sabor a MelJimmyTV series
1994Os AndradesRuiTV series
1995Foreign LandAngolano 3Film
1997Afro LisboaFilm
1997Filhos do VentoArthurTV series
1997RiscosZecaTV series
1998Far from One's EyesPrisoner in HospitalFilm
1998Terra MãeHugoTV series
1999JornalistasTV series
1999Esquadra de PolíciaTV series
1999A Lenda da GarçaGuilhermeTV series
2001Jardins ProibidosAdolfoTV series
2002Super PaiDoctorTV series
2003Le pacte du silenceL'interneFilm
2004The HeroDoctor LuísFilm
2010Regresso a SizalindaAdolfoTV series
2011Voo DirectoVitorTV series
2013Njinga, Queen of AngolaNjaliFilm
2014JikulumessuWalter NambeTV series
2014Njinga, Rainha de AngolaNjaliTV series
2017A Ilha dos CãesPedro MbalaFilm

References
  1. "Miguel Hurst films". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. "Miguel Hurst: Director/actor, Luanda, Angola". berlinerfestspiele. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. "MIGUEL HURST: TEATRO". neovibe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. "Miguel Hurst bio". steidl. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. "The unique and distinctive architectural style of Angola's cinemas". designindaba. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. "Screen stars: rescuing Angola's cinemas". thespaces. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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