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Michael Arias profile
Director

Michael Arias

Directing

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Directed credits

10

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TMDB popularity

0.5

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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.

Series

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Series cast credits for Michael Arias.

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