Miguel Ángel Durán

Miguel Angel Durán is a Chicano writer/director whose work spans documentaries, shorts, and branded content. 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. Recently, he directed Immigrant Voices of America, an eight-episode documentary-series that won the Jury Award for Best Episodic Documentary from the 2020 Bentonville Film Festival. After a decade in the documentary space, Miguel transitioned into narrative work. His pilot for A Mother's Love placed semi-finalist in the 2021 ScreenCraft's TV Pilot Script Competition. Regardless of genre or form, Miguel strives to create compelling stories that make an impact on the viewer.