Michael Arias
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday2 February 1968 (58 years old)
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
Known credits17
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.
Innovators of Japan Anime
2025
Godzilla Minus One
2023
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Other
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · CG Artist
The Animated Bible Series
2020 · Narrator
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury
2019 · Director
Tokyo Alien Bros.
2018 · Director
Harmony
2015 · Director
The People vs. George Lucas
2010 · Self
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
2009 · Director
Heaven's Door
2009 · Director
Ani*Kuri15
2008 · Director
Ani*Kuri15
2008 · Writer
Ani*Kuri15
2007 · Director
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Director
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Storyboard Artist
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Story Editor
Mind Game
2004 · Assistant Director
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003 · Self
The Animatrix
2003 · Producer
The Twilight World
Screenplay
Sunny
Director
Sunny
Screenplay
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