Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Miguel Gonçalves Mendes

film director

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1978

Place of Birth: Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Miguel Gonçalves Mendes (born September 2, 1978 in Covilhã) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is the author of José and Pilar (2010), a documentary about writer and Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, co-produced by Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her, The Skin I Live In) and his brother Augustín, and Fernando Meirelles (City of God and The Constant Gardener).
In 2011, after a successful international festival circuit, the movie spurred an unprecedented popular movement in Portugal resulting on a petition signed by 1400 people (0.00014% of Portugal's population) , which in turn sparked a debate over Portuguese cinema and a campaign for the Oscar nominations in Los Angeles and New York.
Currently, Miguel is at the post-production stage of his new documentary, The Meaning of Life, produced by Fernando Meirelles, which has been dealing with issues to raise finishing funds.