Directed credits
10
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Michael Arias
Directing
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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 3All crew credits: 13
TMDB ID: 56343
IMDb ID: nm0034712
Known for: Directing
Born: February 2, 1968
Age: 58
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2003 - 2023
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q2721204
Frequent jobs
Director (9)Assistant Director (1)Other (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Michael Arias (born 1968) is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan. Though Arias has worked variously as visual effects artist, animation software developer, and producer, he is best known for his directorial debut, the anime feature Tekkonkinkreet, which established him as the first non-Japanese director of a major anime film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Arias, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Michael Arias.
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury
Director
2019 Movie
Harmony
Director
2015 Movie
Heaven's Door
Director
2009 Movie
Ani*Kuri15
Director
2008 Movie
Tekkonkinkreet
Director
2006 Movie
Mind Game
Assistant Director
2004 Movie
Sunny
Director
Movie
Directed Series
Series directed by Michael Arias.
Tokyo Alien Bros.
Director • 10 eps
2018 Series
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
Ani*Kuri15
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Michael Arias.
Godzilla Minus One
Other
2023 Movie
Mind Game
Assistant Director
2004 Movie
Tekkonkinkreet
Director
2006 Movie
The Animatrix
Producer
2003 Movie
Harmony
Director
2015 Movie
The People vs. George Lucas
as Self
2010 Movie
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury
Director
2019 Movie
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Michael Arias.
Godzilla Minus One
Other
2023 Movie
The Animatrix
Producer
2003 Movie
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury
Director
2019 Movie
Tekkonkinkreet
Director
2006 Movie
Mind Game
Assistant Director
2004 Movie
Harmony
Director
2015 Movie
The People vs. George Lucas
as Self
2010 Movie
Ani*Kuri15
Director
2008 Movie
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
as Self
2003 Movie
Sunny
Director
Movie
Heaven's Door
Director
2009 Movie
The Twilight World
Screenplay
Movie
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Michael Arias.
Ani*Kuri15
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
Tokyo Alien Bros.
Director • 10 eps
2018 Series
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
The Animated Bible Series
as Narrator • 3 eps
2020 Series
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Michael Arias.
Godzilla Minus One
Other
2023 Movie
The Animatrix
Producer
2003 Movie
The Twilight World
Screenplay
Movie
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Michael Arias.
Godzilla Minus One
2023 Movie
The People vs. George Lucas
as Self
2010 Movie
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
as Self
2003 Movie
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Michael Arias.
The Animated Bible Series
as Narrator • 3 eps
2020 Series