My name is Manuel, I am a person with clear ideas and a great passion for what I do. Since I was achild, I always had many aspirations and although that ranged from Alan Grant-style paleontologistor knight in Middle-earth, I knew that one day I would find my place in the world. I grew up andfound two great friends with whom to share my journey and my desire to grow and learn moreabout this world: cinema and video games. Thanks to them I found my true vocation, to be part ofthe creation of these characters and stories that I liked to see or play so much and bring them tolife.When I discovered that video games and cinema could be a serious job, I decided to get downto work. From a very young age, I began to go with my mother to drawing and ceramics classes, itwas the closest thing I had in my small town to start introducing myself to the world of art, since inMelilla, my hometown, there is not much to where to start because It is a small Spanish city inNorth Africa with few ambitions for art and audiovisuals. I started arts baccalaureate and openedeven more the range of information in the artistic world.When I finished, I decided to go to Madridto continue training. I studied everything from camera angles to video game programming, butwhat really captivated me was animation. It was love at first sight, I fell in love with the way youhad to deal with those curves to make a ball bounce. My curiosity about it was such that I began toinvestigate and take more courses on this art of bringing characters or objects to life.

Thanks to the fact that in my school internships were carried out with companies, I got one in avideo game studio. That's where I learned that doing something alone at home and doing it as ateam are very different things. I loved the teamwork methodology and the different ways ofanimating between cinema and video games. Now every day I am learning more and more to be agreat 3D animator.

In the future I would like to be able to work in a big video game or movie company so I can learnmore about this industry and its great professionals. I think animation makes this world a muchmore magical place than it sometimes is. In conclusion, thank you very much for your time and forreading this far.