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MARCOS ANTONIO MIRANDA
BIOGRAPHY
Marcos Antonio Miranda is currently executive producing a short film titled DEAD & ALIVE, directing a feature documentary title RAGGA NATION: THE TRUE STORY OF REGGAETON and developing the latest installment to his acclaimed documentary film series on hip-hop legend Big Pun tentatively titled BIG PUN REMEMBERED. Recently he was hired as a guest director for the feature film NOTHING SACRED featuring renown French actors Philippe Nahon (High Tension) and Thierry Lhermitte (An American Werewolf in Paris, Le Divorce), and was the second unit first assistant director for the feature film SHANGHAI HOTEL starring Hill Harper (CSI: New York) and Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction, The Mask). For three seasons he served as assistant stunt coordinator on Comedy Central’s CHAPPELLE’S SHOW. His directorial credits include the interview series INSIDE HIP-HOP (Image Entertainment) hosted by radio personality Fatman Scoop which features the likes of Russell Simmons, Damon Dash, Fat Joe and others, and the highly acclaimed documentaries BIG PUN: STILL NOT A PLAYER and BIG PUN LIVE; both films based on the life and times of the late Christopher Rios aka ‘Big Pun’. The first Latino, solo, hip-hop artist to achieve platinum status. The films feature the likes of Nas, Ice-T, Fat Joe, Liza Rios, Cuban Link, RZA, Raekwon, Triple Seis, Xzibit, and others.
He also co-starred and directed the action-drama BLAZIN’, featuring Sascha Knopf (What’s The Worst That Could Happen?) and Fat Joe (Scream 3, Empire). It remained on Billboard’s ‘Top 40’ for six consecutive weeks. He starred and directed an episode in the series ONCE UPON A RIDE for the Black Filmmaker Foundation and executive producer Warrington Hudlin (House Party, Boomerang). He directed the award winning documentary, AMERICA’S WAKE-UP CALL featuring and narrated by Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham and the sports talk show ONE ON ONE featuring baseball superstar Sammy Sosa. His commercial credits include OLYMPUS, L’OREAL, THE HALLMARK CHANNEL, NFL FILMS, SEALY POSTUREPEDIC and THE SOURCE ALL ACCESS. Some of his more notable music videos include ME ESTAN HABLANDO DEL CIELO featuring the late Celia Cruz, UNEMPLOYED featuring the Spanish-rock band Bodega, BON-BON featuring Latin Grammy winner El General and WE RIOT for the highly acclaimed grunge/hip-hop group Tha Riot.
As an actor, Miranda co-starred opposite Yancey Arias (NBC's King Pin, Thief) and Lisa Vidal (Lifetime’s The Division, Third Watch) in the urban-drama DESTINATION UNKNOWN, which won the Best American Independent Film Award at the 1997 Hamptons International Film Festival. Other films featuring Miranda are BUSCANDO UN SUEÑO, HABIT (winner of the 1997 Independent Spirit Award), BLACK IS WHITE opposite Dash Mihok (The Thin Red Line, Romeo & Juliet), and on television he was featured on the Fox pilot THE #1 SHOW IN AMERICA opposite big league pitcher Al Leiter and Rock Legend Joan Jett.
Marcos Antonio Miranda
Filmography
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER CREDITS:
RAGGA NATION: The True Story of Reggaeton (Feature Documentary) STS MEDIA
BIG PUN TRIBUTE (Feature Documentary) MIRANDA MOVIES
DEAD & ALIVE (Short Film) MIRANDA MOVIES [Executive Producer Only]
NOTHING SACRED (Feature Film) MERLION ENTERTAINMENT [Guest Director]
BLAZIN’ (Feature Film) VENTURA DISTRIBUTION
BIG PUN: STILL NOT A PLAYER (Feature Documentary) CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
BIG PUN LIVE (Feature Documentary) CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
INSIDE HIP-HOP (Feature Documentary) IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
SEALY POSTUREPEDIC (National Commercial) THE LITTLE FILM COMPANY
CELIA CRUZ (Music Video) SONY MUSIC
Piri Thomas’ EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET (Documentary) PBS TELEVISION [Action Scenes Only]
AMERICA’S WAKE-UP CALL with F. Murray Abraham (Documentary) PBS TELEVISION
ONCE UPON A RIDE (Episode) COLORS TV / DV-REPUBLIC
EL GENERAL (Music Video) UNIVERSAL MUSIC
THE RIOT (Music Video) SONY MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
WU-TANG CLAN COLLECTION (Wrap-Arounds) SONY MUSIC
LORD OF THE CITY (Feature Film) WINDY CITY RELEASING [Action Scenes Only]
NIGHTMARE (Feature Film) MERLION ENTERTAINMENT [Action Scenes Only]
ACTOR CREDITS:
DEAD & ALIVE – Flaco (Featured) MIRANDA MOVIES
BLAZIN’ - Victor Ramos (Lead) VENTURA DISTRIBUTION
DESTINATION UNKNOWN - Pepe Gonzalez (Lead) FOX SEARCHLIGHT
HABIT - Segundo (Featured) FOX-LORBER
THE #1 SHOW IN AMERICA - Dave Kogan (Featured) FOX-TV
ONCE UPON A RIDE – Moses (Lead) DV REPUBLIC
LORD OF THE CITY – Thomas (Lead) WINDY CITY RELEASING
SLEEPY HEADS – Henchman (Featured) Yoshifumi Hosoya, Director (Japan)
TIEMPO – Guest Appearance (Featured) TELEMUNDO
BUSCANDO UN SUEÑO – Peter (Featured) CREATIVE RELEASING
¡PARI PARDAS! – Henchman (Featured) Kanu Chauhan, Director (India)
SECRET WAR – Angel (Featured) Suk-Hoon Kim, Director (Korea)
AMERICA – Gueat Appearance (Featured) UNIVISION
AMERICAN SHAOLIN – Coach (Featured) SEASONAL FILM CORP. (Hong Kong)
DATE PATROL – Baseball Player (Featured) TLC
NIGHTMARE – College Student (Featured) Dilan Banks, Director
QUEEN ELIZABETH – Angel (Featured) Frank Rojas, Director
FINAL RINSE – Chucko (Featured) Robert D. Tucker, Director
HEAVEN – Carlos (Featured) Vaughn Christion, Director
THE HEIGHTS – Jose (Lead) Jose Colon, Director
SUMMER OF MY DREAMS – Omar (Featured) Maria Norman, Director
IN MEMORY OF THE CHILDREN – Pablo (Lead) Mara Vazquez-Rest, Director
BLACK IS WHITE – Raj (Featured) Christopher Meyer, Director
THE FORCE WITHIN – Vinnie (Featured) Richard Brooks, Director
THE TRIAL OF FENTRIS WATERLOO – Herberto (Featured) OCTOBER FILMS
I’M NOT COOKING TONIGHT – Buddy (Featured) JAPAN-TV
FLIX - Martial Arts Expert (Featured) VH-1
MATHNET – Miguel (Featured) PBS-TV
WRITING CREDITS:
OCURA (Feature Narrative) – OPTIONED & RELINQUISHED
HIS PANIC (Feature Narrative) – OPTIONED & RELINQUISHED
THE CLEANING CREW (Feature Narrative) – OPTIONED & RELINQUISHED
THE HELL WITH TOMORROW (Feature Narrative) – OPTIONED & RELINQUISHED
BLAZIN’ (Feature Narrative) – OPTIONED & PRODUCED
BIG PUN: STILL NOT A PLAYER (Feature Documentary) – OPTIONED & PRODUCED
BIG PUN LIVE (Feature Documentary) – OPTIONED & PRODUCED
INSIDE HIP-HOP (Feature Documentary) – OPTIONED & PRODUCED
LORD OF THE CITY (Feature Narrative) – OPTIONED & PRODUCED
ONCE UPON A RIDE (Episode) – OPTIONED & PRODUCED
2ND UNIT DIRECTOR/STUNT COORDINATOR CREDITS: MASTERS OF HORROR (SHOWTIME) – Stunt Coordinator
SHANGHAI HOTEL (FEATURE) – 2nd Unit Assistant Director
L’OREAL (PRINT) – Stunt Coordinator
OLYMPUS (COMMERCIAL) – Stunt Coordinator
THE TONY DANZA SHOW (NBC-TV) – Stunt Coordinator
NICKELODEON (TV) – Stunt Coordinator
NEW YORK TIMES (PRINT) – Stunt Coordinator
NIGHTMARE (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
CHAPPELLE’S SHOW (TV) – Stunt Coordinator
SEALY POSTUREPEDIC (COMMERCIAL) – 2nd Unit Director/Stunts
CHRYSLER (COMMERCIA) – Stunt Coordinator)
HALLMARK CHANNEL (TV) – Asst. Stunt Coordinator
VOGUE MAGAZINE (PRINT) – Asst. Stunt Coordinator
RIOT LIFE ENTERTAINMENT (MUSIC VIDEO) - Director
WU-TANG CLAN (FEATURE) – Asst. Stunt Coordinator
UPRIGHT CITIZEN'S BRIDGADE (TV) – Stunts
STRANGERS WITH CANDY (TV) – Asst. Stunt Coordinator
THE #1 SHOW IN AMERICA (FOX-TV) – Stunt Coordinator
PARI PARDAS (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA & AMERICA (FEAT.)
BANANA REPUBLIC (PRINT) – Stunt Coordinator
TIGER SHULMAN KARATE SCHOOLS (COMM.)
SEINFELD (TV) – Stunt Coordinator
DESTINATION UNKNOWN (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
LORD OF THE CITY (FEATURE) – 2nd Unit Director/Stunts
SLEEPY HEADS (FEATURE) - Stunts
MARTIN & ORLOFF (FEATURE) – Asst. Stunt Coordinator
TWO FAT GUYS & A KUNG FU MOVIE (DOC.) - Stunts
TROMEO & JULIET (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
BLACK IS WHITE (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
SECRET WAR (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
SPY (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
HEAVEN (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
FINAL RINSE (FEATURE) – Stunt Coordinator
AWARDS & MERITS:
2006 - BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY WINNER - New York International Film & Video Festival
2003 - BEST DOCUMENTARY NOMINATION - Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival
2003 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tribeca Film Festival
2003 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Urban World Film Festival
2003 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York International Latino Film Festival
2003 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Denver Pan African Film Festival
2003 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Nuyorican Cinema Film Festival
2003 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Le Cinema Fe Film Festival
2002 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Vistas Film Festival
2002 - UNSUNG HEROES AWARD RECIPIENT – J.P. Morgan Chase
2002 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York International Latino Film Festival
2002 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Hip-Hop Odyssey Film Festival
2002 - BILLBOARD - "Top 40" Video Sales
2001 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Vista Film Festival
1999 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Urban World Film Festival
1994 - BEST SHORT AWARD WINNER - New York International Film & Video Festival
1993 - INDUCTEE - World Martial Arts Hall of Fame
1990 - “TOP 10” NATIONAL RATING - Professional Karate League
1990 - “TOP 10” NATIONAL RATING - Karate Referee's Association of New England
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