Achero Mañas 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

Carabanchel

Carabanchel is a district in the south western suburbs of Madrid, Spain.-Overview:The area was the scene of fierce fighting during the Spanish Civil War -especially in November 1936, during the Battle of Madrid, when Nationalist troops tried to fight their way into the area. Unacustomed to street...

, son of the writer Alfredo Mañas and the actress Paloma Lorena. He studied at Actor's Studio in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 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

Juan Belmonte

Juan Belmonte García was a Spanish bullfighter, considered by many to have been the greatest matador of all time.-Life:...

, 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

Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

 for Cazadores and El Bola, a film that was released worldwide.

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
  1492: Conquest of Paradise
  1492: Conquest of Paradise is an epic 1992 European adventure/drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, which tells the story of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on the indigenous people...
  
  ) (1992)
• Disparando a Elizabeth (1992)
• ¡Dispara!
  ¡Dispara!
  Dispara! is a 1993 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura, starring Francesca Neri and Antonio Banderas. The story is a revenge tragedy.-Plot:...
  
   (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
  El Bola
  El Bola is a 2000 Spanish film, directed by Achero Mañas. It won the Mejor Película Goya Award in 2001. It is available in the United States from Filmmovement.- Plot :...
  
   (2000)
• Noviembre
  Noviembre (film)
  Noviembre is a 2003 Spanish film about a guerrilla street theater troupe presented as a retrospective false documentary, directed by Achero Mañas....
  
   (2003)
• Blackwhite (2004) (documentary)
• Todo lo que tú quieras (2010)

External links

• Official website