Achero Mañas

Director

Birthday September 5, 1966

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Spain

Age 58 years old

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About

Known for his Goya Award-winning feature film El Bola, this Spanish director also worked on the 2003 movie Noviembre and the 2004 documentary Blackwhite. Also an actor, he appeared in such 1990s features as El Rey del Rio and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.

Before Fame

After training at the Actors Studio in New York City, he acted in television shows such as Colegio Mayor and Una Hija Mas.

Trivia

One of his early films, Cazadores, received a 1996 Goya Award.

Family Life

The child of entertainer Paloma Lorena and Alfredo Mañas, he grew up in Madrid, Spain. He later fathered a daughter named Laura.

Associated With

He played a minor role in the Gerard Depardieu and Sigourney Weaver film 1492: Conquest of Paradise.