About
Miguel Curiel is a Venezuelan filmmaker active since the 1980s, working as a director, screenwriter, producer, and occasionally cinematographer. He is best known for the feature La niña de Maracaibo (2011) and earlier works like Una noche oriental (1986), alongside documentaries such as Venezuela: los guerrilleros al poder (1997). A graduate in Letters from the Central University of Venezuela, Curiel has also written and produced widely across Venezuelan film and culture.
Filmography
Sabino vive: las últimas fronteras2015 · Researcher, Screenplay
Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo2012 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Pandemonium, the Hell's Capital City1997 · Editor
Venezuela: los guerrilleros al poder1997 · Director, Writer
La Mano1995 · Director of Photography
Al calor de una nevera descompuesta1995 · Writer, Director, Producer
Manon1986 · Editor
Una noche oriental1986 · Director, Writer
Ratón en Ferretería1985 · Director of Photography
By the Green Trail1984 · Director of Photography
Operación chocolate1984 · Director of Photography
Lily1983 · Director of Photography
Caño Mánamo1983 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
El traje color de helado de mantecado1983 · Director, Writer
La máxima felicidad1982 · Camera Operator
Blacamán el bueno, vendedor de milagros1976 · Director, Writer













