---
name: "Miguel Mendoza"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/miguel-mendoza-1974219"
fi1m_id: "miguel-mendoza-1974219"
tmdb_id: 1974219
roles: ["Producer"]
died: "17 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:42:13.997402+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 Mendoza

## Identity

Miguel Mendoza

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/miguel-mendoza-1974219
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** miguel-mendoza-1974219
- **TMDB ID:** 1974219
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1974219

Producer. Born in Havana, Cuba. Died 17 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Died:** 17 March 2019
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1974219

## Biography

Miguel Mendoza was a Cuban film producer. Born in Havana in 1942, he joined the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) in 1959, working in various roles before becoming a production director.

He produced *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and worked on numerous other ICAIC films including *Soy Cuba* (1964) and, after a period away, *Strawberry and Chocolate* (1993). Mendoza received the Premio Nacional de Cine in 2019 and died in Havana on 17 March 2019.

*Sources: endac.org, ecured.cu, cinematropical.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Strawberry and Chocolate* (1993), Production Manager
- *Confessing to Laura* (1991), Producer
- *The Useless Death of My Pal, Manolo* (1989), Producer
- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)
- *Un día en el solar* (1965), Producer

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