# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-arias
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:37.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-arias"
name: "Michael Arias"
slug: "michael-arias"
description: "Michael Arias is an American visual effects artist, producer, and director. 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."
tagline: "Anime director and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Arias_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.594497333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034712/"
    handle:    "nm0034712"
sources:
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    title: "مائیکل ایریاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل أرياس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل ارياس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arias"
    title: "Michael Arias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arias"
    title: "Michael Arias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arias"
    title: "Michael Arias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arias"
    title: "Michael Arias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arias"
    title: "Michael Arias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マイケル・アリアス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2721204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56343"
    title: "Michael Arias"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump