Miguel Hurst

{{short description|Angolan actor (born 1967)}} {{Infobox person | other_names = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|6|6|df=y}} | birth_name = Miguel João de Andrade Hurst | birth_place = Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | alma_mater = | education = | height = | years_active = 1993–present | party = | spouse = | children = | awards = | father = | mother = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | occupation = Actor, director, producer }}

'''Miguel João de Andrade Hurst''' (born 6 June 1967), popularly as '''Miguel Hurst''', is an Angolan actor and director of German and Portuguese descent.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2be17c6df4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031051321/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2be17c6df4| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 31, 2020| title=Miguel Hurst films| publisher=British Film Institute | access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> He is best known for the roles in the films ''Foreign Land'', ''Le pacte du Silence'' and ''Filhos do Vento''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/berliner-festspiele/programm/bfs-kuenstler/bfs_kuenstler_detail_42393.html| title=Miguel Hurst: Director/actor, Luanda, Angola| publisher=berlinerfestspiele | access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>

==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.<ref name= neovibe>{{cite web | url=http://www.neovibe.co.ao/artist/miguel-hurst| title=MIGUEL HURST: TEATRO| publisher=neovibe | access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://steidl.de/Artists/Miguel-Hurst-3036384450.html| title=Miguel Hurst bio| publisher=steidl | access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>

==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.<ref name= neovibe />

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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.designindaba.com/articles/point-view/unique-and-distinctive-architectural-style-angola’s-cinemas| title=The unique and distinctive architectural style of Angola’s cinemas| publisher=designindaba | access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> He was the artistic director at Semba Comunicação, acting in the television series ''Fora de Série''.<ref name= neovibe /> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thespaces.com/screen-stars-rescuing-angolas-cinemas/| title=Screen stars: rescuing Angola’s cinemas| publisher=thespaces | access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>

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''.<ref name= neovibe />

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Genre !! Ref. |- | 1993 || ''Encontros imperfeitos'' || António || Film || |- | 1993 || ''A Banqueira do Povo'' || António || TV series || |- | 1994 || ''Sozinhos em Casa'' || Ernesto || TV series || |- | 1994 || ''Um Sabor a Mel'' || Jimmy || TV series || |- | 1994 || ''Os Andrades'' || Rui || TV series || |- | 1995 || ''Foreign Land'' || Angolano 3 || Film || |- | 1997 || ''Afro Lisboa'' || || Film || |- | 1997 || ''Filhos do Vento'' || Arthur || TV series || |- | 1997 || ''Riscos'' || Zeca || TV series || |- | 1998 || ''Far from One's Eyes'' || Prisoner in Hospital || Film || |- | 1998 || ''Terra Mãe'' || Hugo || TV series || |- | 1999 || ''Jornalistas'' || || TV series || |- | 1999 || ''Esquadra de Polícia'' || || TV series || |- | 1999 || ''A Lenda da Garça'' || Guilherme || TV series || |- | 2001 || ''Jardins Proibidos'' || Adolfo || TV series || |- | 2002 || ''Super Pai'' || Doctor || TV series || |- | 2003 || ''Le pacte du silence'' || L'interne || Film || |- | 2004 || ''The Hero'' || Doctor Luís || Film || |- | 2010 || ''Regresso a Sizalinda'' || Adolfo || TV series || |- | 2011 || ''Voo Directo'' || Vitor || TV series || |- | 2013 || ''Njinga, Queen of Angola'' || Njali || Film || |- | 2014 || ''Jikulumessu'' || Walter Nambe || TV series || |- | 2014 || ''Njinga, Rainha de Angola'' || Njali || TV series || |- | 2017 || ''A Ilha dos Cães'' || Pedro Mbala || Film || |}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0667242}}

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