Founder and director of Kandor Graphics and partner of Kandor Moon, a joint venture with Antonio Banderas’ production company, Green Moon. His creative energy and entrepreneurial talent has made Manuel the key player in invigorating and rejuvenating the animation world in Spain, creating with Kandor Graphics in Granada a first class animation studio with international appeal. “The Missing Lynx” is his first work as director and scriptwriter, and the first CGI animated feature film completely produced at Kandor Graphics. The film was sold in more than 60 countries and among others won the Goya Award for best animated film and best film in Animadrid.

He also produced the short films:  “The Tell Tale Heart” (with more than 20 international prizes) and “The lady and the reaper”. Currently he is directing the second feature produced by Kandor Moon, “Goleor, the scales and the sword”.

Manuel is a member of the board of AEPA (Spanish Association of Animation Producers), and has lectured extensively about computer animation at Eurographics, Art Futura, Mundos Digitales, Cartoon and several Universities