_Diego Migliorini is an award-winning Brazilian director and screenwriter, currently based in Glasgow, Scotland. His independent works focus on social issues and the representation of minorities, presenting fictional narratives based on personal experiences and impressions.
_Graduated in International Relations (PUC-SP, 2013) and Filmmaking (FAAP-SP, 2019) with full scholarships, he has been involved in producing, directing and scripting feature films, series, music videos, and advertising films since 2014.
_Through crowdfunding, he wrote and directed the short film Não Me Chame Assim (2020), which screened at over 30 national and international festivals, including Gramado Film Festival and Brussels Short Film Festival, and received 24 awards. That same year, he completed a Screenwriting Specialisation at Roteiraria and was a finalist at the Rota Series Lab with the project O Plano.
_His second short film, Feira da Ladra, commissioned by the São Paulo Culture Secretariat, premiered in June 2023 at Festin in Lisbon and Kinofórum in São Paulo, and went on to screen at a further 20 festivals.
_In 2023, he began the Kino Eyes Master programme on an Erasmus scholarship, specialising in directing. The programme took him to Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon, Baltic Film and Media School in Tallinn, IADT in Dublin, and Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. During this time, he directed the short documentary Hole (2024), which won Best International Short at the DIGO Festival in Brazil and screened at eight other festivals; the fiction drama Those Who Stay (2024), currently unreleased; and the queer sci-fi They Bend Stars (2025), recently completed.
_Following his graduation, he was selected for the Glasgow Film Festival New Talent Mentorship (2025–2026), where he was paired with writer-director Brian Welsh. This led to his role as shadow director on Welsh’s feature film The Return of Stanley Atwell, produced by Hera Pictures in London. This opportunity was supported through Professional Development funding from Screen Scotland.