---
name: "Miguel Arteta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/miguel-arteta"
fi1m_id: "miguel-arteta"
imdb_id: "nm0037708"
tmdb_id: 61069
wikidata_id: "Q3312946"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "29 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "director"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-13T21:40:42.844674+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Miguel Arteta

## Identity

Miguel Arteta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/miguel-arteta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** miguel-arteta
- **IMDb ID:** nm0037708
- **TMDB ID:** 61069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3312946
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Arteta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3312946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61069

Director. Born 29 August 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 29 August 1965, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 9 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md), [Jesse Peretz](https://film.one/person/jesse-peretz.md), [Adam Arkin](https://film.one/person/adam-arkin.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Matt Shakman](https://film.one/person/matt-shakman.md), [Michael Lehmann](https://film.one/person/michael-lehmann.md), [Paul Feig](https://film.one/person/paul-feig.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as director, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (2), 2000s 79 (4), 2010s 84 (3), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 76 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 6, Crime 2, Mystery 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Arteta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3312946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61069

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88), [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86), [*Enlightened*](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md) (84)
- **Peacock:** [*Poker Face*](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md) (82), [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)
- **Paramount+:** [*Freaks and Geeks*](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nurse Jackie*](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Miguel Arteta is a Puerto Rican film and television director. He was born on 29 August 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and studied at Harvard University, Wesleyan University and the American Film Institute.

Arteta is known for independent features including *Chuck & Buck* (2000), which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature made for under $500,000, and *The Good Girl* (2002), which premiered at Sundance. His television credits include episodes of *Succession* (2018), for which he received a Directors Guild of America nomination, *The Office*, *Enlightened*, *The Morning Show* and *Poker Face* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Directed (9) — the average rests on these

- *Poker Face* (2023), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Enlightened* (2011), Fi1m 84, Co-Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Fi1m 80, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Miniature Wife* (2026), series, Director
- *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023), series, Director
- *Florida Man* (2023), series, Director
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Loot* (2022), series, Director
- *YES DAY* (2021), Executive Producer, Director
- *Like a Boss* (2020), Director
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Director
- *Forever* (2018), series, Director
- *Succession* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Duck Butter* (2018), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Room 104* (2017), series, Writer, Director
- *Beatriz at Dinner* (2017), Director
- *Famous in Love* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Digging for Fire* (2015), as Bartender
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Director
- *Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day* (2014), Director
- *Getting On* (2013), series, Director
- *The Carrie Diaries* (2013), series, Director
- *The New Normal* (2012), series, Director
- *House of Lies* (2012), series, Director
- *Enlightened* (2011), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Cedar Rapids* (2011), Director
- *The Big C* (2010), series, Director
- *How to Make It in America* (2010), series, Director
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *Youth in Revolt* (2009), as Illegal Immigrant #2 · Director
- *Chinatown Film Project* (2009), Director
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, Director
- *The Office* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *The Motel* (2005), Producer
- *Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?* (2005), Director
- *In Good Company* (2004), as Globecom Technician
- *Cracking Up* (2004), series, Director
- *See This Movie* (2004), as Festival Panelist
- *Criminology 101* (2003), Director
- *The Good Girl* (2002), Director
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Chuck & Buck* (2000), Director
- *Snoops* (1999), series, Director
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Star Maps* (1997), Screenplay, Director, Story
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Q & A* (1990), Location Assistant
- *Every Day is a Beautiful Day* (1989), Director
- *Sleep Toward Heaven*, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Miguel Arteta](https://film.one/media/person/732/gallery-8b4399c55b1b.jpg) Miguel Arteta — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Miguel_Arteta_-_The_Good_Girl.jpg/1280px-Miguel_Arteta_-_The_Good_Girl.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Miguel Arteta](https://film.one/media/person/732/gallery-a5e5199299d8.jpg) Miguel Arteta — Image via TMDB

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