Manolo Nieto

Manuel Nieto Zas (b. 1972, Montevideo) studied communications at the University of Uruguay. He worked for several years in television until he made his first short film with Diego Fernández, Nico & Parker (2000). Zas also worked as an assistant director with Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, 2001), and two of his Uruguayan compatriots, Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella (25 Watts, 2001). The Dog Pound (2006) is his feature debut.

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