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Michael Cuesta
Director 63 years old

Michael Cuesta

New York City, New York, USA

Michael Cuesta (born July 8, 1963) is an American film and television director, best known for his independent films, especially for having co-written and directed the 2001 film L.I.E. He has directed and produced television series, including Six Feet Under, Dexter, Blue... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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5 titles
American Assassin

American Assassin

Michael Cuesta 2017 1h 52m 6.3

Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

Michael Cuesta 2014 1h 52m 7.3

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

Tell-Tale

Tell-Tale

Michael Cuesta 2009 1h 32m 5.5

A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.

Twelve and Holding

Twelve and Holding

Michael Cuesta 2005 1h 30m 7.0

Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.

L.I.E.

L.I.E.

Michael Cuesta 2001 1h 37m 7.0

A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.

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