Mańas is a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor. He directed his first short film Metro in 1994. Afterwards he made two more, Cazadores (1997) and Paraísos artificiales (1998). His first feature film El Bola (Pellet, 2000) has won many awards, among others the Goya for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Young Director. Two years later, he made the short film Miedo released and distributed online. Together with his brother Federico he wrote the screenplay for his second feature film Noviembre (November, 2003). Afterwards he made the documentary Blackwhite (2004).