A Latino filmmaker with a gift for portraying off-kilter behavior in all shapes and ethnicities, Miguel Arteta emerged as one of the Sundance Film Festival's success stories in the late '90s.
Born in Puerto Rico to a Peruvian father and Spanish mother, Arteta grew up all over Latin America due to his father's itinerant existence as a Chrysler auto parts salesman. After he was kicked ...more
- 2000
- Independent Spirit Awards
- John Cassavetes Award
- Chuck & Buck
- win
- 2000
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best Director
- Chuck & Buck
- nom
- 1997
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best First Feature
- Star Maps
- nom
- 1997
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best First Screenplay
- Star Maps
- nom
- 2004
- In Good Company
- Globecom Technician
- 2010
- Cedar Rapids
- Director
- 2010
- Youth in Revolt
- Director
- 2005
- The Motel
- Producer
- 2004
- Six Feet Under: Terror Starts at Home
- Director
- 2002
- Six Feet Under: The Liar and the Whore
- Director










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