Manuel Fernandez

Back in Spain, he got a degree in Audiovisual Arts from the Faculty of Information at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He was granted with a scholarship for his academic excellence and worked for the Spanish Public Television (TVE), where he directed the children educational programs, worked as a TV director of music related shows for the local television of Madrid (Telemadrid), directed music videoclips and documentaries. In 1995 he made his first short movie "El Artista del Hambre" ("A Hunger Artist"), a free adaptation of the short story by Frank Kafka. "Earth's Skin" is his first feature film.