Miguel Coyula

Miguel Coyula Aquino (born March 31, 1977 in Havana) is a Cuban filmmaker. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admittance to the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV). Since then he has won awards in his country with his short films Bailar Sobre Agujas (1999), Buena Onda, (1999), and Clase Z "Tropical" (2000).

In 2000, he traveled to the United States on an invitation from the Providence Latino Film Festival. While visiting New York, he met Anna Strasberg of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and after screening his thesis film was offered a scholarship. While attending the Strasberg Institute Coyula made his first feature, Red Cockroaches (2003), for less than $2000 over a two year period. The film was described by Variety as "a triumph of technology in the hands of a visionary with know-how..." The film won over twenty awards in Film Festivals around the world.

In 2009 Coyula was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship by The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for developing his second feature, the film Memories of Overdevelopment, a follow-up to the Cuban classic Memorias del Subdesarrollo (1968), based on the novel by Cuban writer Edmundo Desnoes. After its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the film went to gather several awards and honors.

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Filmography

Awards

Miguel Coyula has won several awards for his two features and shorts

Memories of Overdevelopment

Memorias del Desarrollo has won 18 prizes, including:

Red Cockroaches

Red Cockroaches has won 23 awards, including:

Clase Z "Tropical"

Clase Z "Tropical" is a short has won 9 awards, including:

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