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Miranda Siegel

Director, Editor, Screenwriter, Producer

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I am interested in power dynamics, friendship, self-expression in foreign languages, and the vulnerability of the human body and mind. My work draws from high and low sources, and operates at the intersection of mainstream and art cinema.

  • Adolescence
  • Adventurous Person
  • Art
  • Betrayal
  • Biography
  • Black Humor
  • Body
  • Bullying
  • Youth/Teen
  • Coming of age
  • Disability

Country: Hungary, United States of America (USA)

T-Port Partner: Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts

Miranda Siegel is a U.S. American film director, editor, and translator living in Berlin. Her debut film "Ignore Your True Feelings at Your Own Peril" was shortlisted for the 2024 German Short Film Award, and won prizes at Kurzfilm Hamburg, Kurzfilmfestival Köln, the Festival of Future Storytellers, and Grenzland-Filmtage Selb; it was also programmed at Slamdance, Chicago Underground, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Film Diary NYC, and more. Miranda previously worked as a culture journalist for New York magazine and Vulture, covering festivals and fairs, participating in panels, and serving on juries at home and abroad. She earned a B.A. from Oberlin College with a major in Film Theory and a minor in German Studies, and an HE Diploma in Film Production from the Catalyst Institute.

Project in development

Filmography on T-Port

Ignore Your True Feelings at Your Own Peril

What happens when the body stages a revolt against the mind's repression? Shot on an...