Miguel Bardem

In 2004, Bardem once again released a comedy film with Incautos. The film starred Ernesto Alterio, Victoria Abril and Federico Luppi. For the 50th anniversary of the comic heroes Clever & Smart, Bardem was commissioned for a live action film adaptation. The film was released in 2008 under the title Mortadelo y Filemón. Misión: Salvar la Tierra. The spy film starred Alex O'Dogherty, Secun de la Rosa and Edu Soto.

In 2003, Bardem directed the Canal+-produced documentary Ninas de Hojalata. The film follows the lives of underage girls in Nepal who are sent by the thousands each year to India, where they are forced into prostitution.

Like his father, Bardem chose to work as a director, as well as being a screenwriter and actor. In his films, he often uses members of his family. For example, his aunt Pilar Bardem and his cousin Javier Bardem took on the leading roles in his directorial debut La madre. His debut work was awarded the Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film. After this short film, he shot his first feature film with Alfonso Albacete in 1996. Más que amor, frenesí starred, among others, Nancho Novo, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, and Ingrid Rubio. Carlos Bardem, the youngest cousin of Miguel, directed his acting debut under his direction. The style of the film is reminiscent of works by Pedro Almodóvar, according to a New York Times review. Más que amor, frenesí brought Bardem a Goya Award nomination for Best Newcomer Director. His next directing work, La mujer más fea del mundo, starring Elia Galera, Roberto Álvare, and Héctor Alterio. The film was awarded the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival prize.

Miguel Bardem (born 1964) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.