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Michael Arias

About the person
Career:

Directing

Date of birth:
1968-02-0258
Place of birth:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

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.