Monty Miranda

Filmmaker - Director & Producer

 Nashville, Tennessee & Los Angeles, California

SXSW Award-Winning filmmaker Monty Miranda directs and produces movies, television, commercials, and documentaries around the world.

Monty Miranda’s feature film directorial debut, SKILLS LIKE THIS, won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the SXSW Film Festival.

In over 20 film festival appearances the darkly comic film continued on to receive “Best of the Fest” honors at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize for Best American Feature Jacksonville Film Festival and a Free Spirit Award Nomination at the Warsaw International Film Festival.

Upon the film’s theatrical release Miranda received glowing reviews from The New York Times, “...eye catching direction”, SALON, “cheerfully anarchic...indescribably genuine”, to Variety, “...artfully directed with considerable intelligence and chemistry.” SKILLS LIKE THIS released internationally, NETFLIX AMAZON PRIME, DVD, digital, and on the premium cable network Starz.

Following the release of SKILLS LIKE THIS Miranda directed the thriller THE INSOMNIAC (AKA 24 SEVEN), starring Danny Trejo and John Heard, and AMERICAN MUSTANG, Miranda’s first 3D motion picture with Daryl Hanna.

Given his diverse body of work, Miranda has found himself directing talented studied actors such as, John Heard, Daryl Hannah, Keith Szarabajka, Noah Wyle, Sharon Gless, and Danny Trejo as well as new green actors - or professional athletes, musicians and politicians such as Palma Violets, John Mayer, Steve Jordan, New Order, Matthew Sweet, John Hickenlooper, Devotchka, Spike Lee, Tony Hawk and Anthony Davis.

The constant for Miranda is pulling great performances out of both the studied and the raw to help tell the best story. with motion pictures.

In addition to filmmaking Miranda has taught film and acting in Hollywood, California and Nashville, Tennessee. Miranda has led and taught film and acting workshops and lecture spots at the University of Colorado, Syracuse University, Colorado Institute of Art, The Colorado Film School, Acting for Film and TV Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Theater of the Arts in Hollywood, California. Miranda has been a regular guest judge at a variety of Actors Showcases in and around Los Angeles, California and continues to teach at the Nashville Film Institute.

In 2021, Despite not being a DEADHEAD Miranda is completing Feature length Concert Documentary film on the band Dead and Company with John Mayer. 

You can learn more about Monty and see examples of his work at montymiranda.com

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

SXSW FILM Guest DirectorPanelist

Cannes Lion Festival Panelist with Gavin Polone, Common and Nick Cannon

Director’s Guild of America Documentary Nominating Committee and Juror 2012-2015

ADCD Guest Director Panelist

”Top 25 Movers and Shakers Art, Entertainment, and Culture" 2009, 2008, 2007 • Editorial Staff Rocky Mountain News Starz Denver International Film Festival Juror

FEATURE FILMS • TV

AMERICAN MUSTANG (3D)

THE INSOMNIAC (AKA 24 SEVEN)

SKILLS LIKE THIS

AMERICAN MUSTANG (Daryl Hannah)

• Top 10% most successful kickstarter campaign
• Theatrical, VOD, STREAMING

THE INSOMNIAC (AKA 24 SEVEN) (Danny Trejo, John Heard)

• INDIEFEST USA • INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Best Feature Film
• BRECKENRIDGE FESTIVAL of FILM
• Best Screenplay
• ACTION on ACTION FILM FESTIVAL Best Screenplay

SKILLS LIKE THIS

• SXSW FILM FESTIVAL Audience Award Best Narrative Feature North American Theatrical Release
• World Television Premiere Starz Digital and DVD release all media EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - UK “Best of the Fest” JACKSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
• Official Closing Night Film
• Jury Prize Best American Feature Film
• WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL - Poland Free Spirit Award Nomination
• ASHLAND FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Cinematography - Finalist Best Acting Ensemble - Finalist
• FRESNO FILM FESTIVAL – Official Opening Night Film
• Starz Denver Film Festival, Popcorn Comedy Film Festival - Sweden, Indie Fest San Francisco Wisconsin Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Salem Film Festival, Maine International Film Festival, Köln Comedy Film Festival Germany, Thailand World Comedy Film Festival

ADOPTABLE! (series)

• 2019 MIAMI WEB FEST Best of the Fest, Best Mockumentary
• VOD, BINGE NETWORK, ROKU CHANNEL, STARBABY NETWORK, AMAZON PRIME
• COMMERCIAL AWARDS
• CANNES LIONS, CLIO, EFFIES, BBC’S MOST OUTRAGEOUS, WORLD’S FUNNIEST COMMERCIALS, BDA AWARDS