Michael Arias

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-02-02 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Michael Arias

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.

Production

2006

Tekkonkinkreet

as Director

2009

Heaven's Door

as Director

2003

The Animatrix

as Producer

2004

Mind Game

as Assistant Director

2008

Ani*Kuri15

as Director

2006

Tekkonkinkreet

as Co-Writer

2008

Ani*Kuri15

as Writer

2023

2023

Godzilla Minus One

as CG Artist

2006

Tekkonkinkreet

as Storyboard Artist

2006

Tekkonkinkreet

as Story Editor

2015

Harmony

as Director

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The Twilight World

as Screenplay

-

Sunny

as Director

-

Sunny

as Screenplay

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