Migdia Skarsgård Chinea-Varela (also credited as Migdia Chinea) is an American

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, 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2013. She was a writer for the TV series ''

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'', as well as for ''

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'', '' The Facts of Life'', and ''

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''. She appeared in the second season of ''

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'' as Maria Fuentes, the younger sister of Julio Fuentes, in the 1973 episode "Watts Side Story". She has written about theatre for the ''

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'' She lives in

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. In 2012, Skarsgård-Chinea graduated with a

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from the

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. She wrote and directed the short film ''Anonymous (Street Meat)'' as part of an experimental film course. The four-minute film, which is based on her experiences with faulty mortgage foreclosure notices, was selected un certain regard to appear at the Cannes Short Film Festival and earned an

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at the California International Shorts Film Festival. After the film's reception at Cannes, Chinea told ''The Daily Bruin'' that she hoped to be able to film a full-length version. Her film ''The Kninth Floor'' was a final selection at the 2012 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival program
Retrieved 27 October 2012. It was also screened at the 2012

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.2012 Cyprus International Film Festival program
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Retrieved 27 October 2013. Migdia and Pawel - small

She is in production on ''The Prince of Old Havana'', based on the life of Cuban political icon and pimp

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(1882–1910). Migdia Chinea is of German-Jewish background through her mom Violeta Mimó Suarez (a variation of Soros and Schwartz).

Select film and television credits

Actress

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'' ("Wine from These Grapes", episode 102) (1971) *''

'' ("Watts Side Story", episode 32) (1973) *'' Splash'' (1984)

Director

*''The Prince of Old Havana'' (in production, for 2018 release) *"Old Havana and the Great Pimp of San Isidro" (short film) (2014) *"Kninth Floor" (short film) (2012) *"Ard Eevin" (documentary short) (2011) *"Anonymous (Street Meat)" (short film) (2010) *''Yes, Inc.'' (TV series) (1998)

Writer

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'' (5 episodes, 1985-1986) *''

'' (4 episodes, 1989-1990)

References

External links

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Migdia Skarsgård-Chinea videos at Vimeo
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