Achero Mañas

Achero Mañas (born in Madrid, September 5, 1966) is a Spanish film director. He is a former actor that had filmed several successful short films before receiving awards and recognition with his feature film debut El Bola.

Biography

Mañas lives in Carabanchel, son of the writer Alfredo Mañas and the actress Paloma Lorena. He studied at Actor's Studio in New York City thanks to a scholarship gained by his mother. He acted as a supporting actor in several films and television shows until he starred in Belmonte, as Juan Belmonte, or La Ley de la frontera. After the birth of his daughter Laura, he decided to stop acting and became a film maker. He has won several Goya Awards for Cazadores and El Bola, a film that was released worldwide.

Filmography as Actor

Television

• Tarde de Teatro (1986)
• Una hija más (1991)
• Un día volveré (1993)
• Colegio Mayor (1994)
• Carmen y familia (1996)

Cinema

• Las aventuras de Enrique y Ana (1981)
• La guerra de los locos (1987)
• La puñalada (1990)
• 1492: Conquest of Paradise) (1992)
• Disparando a Elizabeth (1992)
• ¡Dispara! (1993)
• La leyenda de la doncella (1994)
• Expo-X (1994)
• Historias de la puta mili (1994)
• Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995)
• Noctámbulos (1995)
• El rey del río (1995)
• Belmonte (1995)
• La Ley de la frontera (1995)

Film Director

• Metro (1994) (short film)
• Cazadores (1997) (short film)
• Paraísos artificiales (1998) (short film)
• El Bola (2000)
• Noviembre (2003)
• Blackwhite (2004) (documentary)
• Todo lo que tú quieras (2010)

External links

• Achero Mañas at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website