Imanol Arias

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

April 26, 1956 · Riaño, León, Castilla y León, Spain

Birth name

Manuel María Arias Domínguez

Imanol Arias began his career with a traveling theatre group in Spain performing in Euskadi (Basque Country). After minor roles on stage, he travels to Cuba to shoot Cecilia (1982) directed by Humberto Solás. In 1987 he won the Concha de Plata of the San Sebastian Film Festival for the biography of Eleuterio Sánchez, El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) directed by Vicente Aranda.