Miguel Duran

Miguel Angel Durán is an award-winning writer/director whose work spans documentaries, films, and branded content. A native of the Los Angeles area, Miguel has made it his mission to tell stories focusing on the Latino experience in the US. At the age of 23, he directed his first feature-length documentary, Unrest, where over 1,000 attendees were present at the premiere screening. He then directed The Valley in The Struggle, a thirty-minute documentary sharing the UFW’s fight for farmworker justice in the late 1960s, narrated by acclaimed actor Jacob Vargas. In 2020, he released Immigrant Voices of America, an eight-episode documentary series that won the Jury Award for Best Episodic Documentary from the 2020 Bentonville Film Festival. Currently, his short film, Separation, is playing in several film festivals. Regardless of genre or form, Miguel strives to create compelling stories that impact the viewer.