In his youth, Concha started making short films for a total of over thirty short films, winning his first film festival at 16. Since then, Manuel has been working in film and television. He studied film in Los Angeles, where he also lives part-time. Among his short films,
Beslutet and
Stunder were shown at
Göteborgs filmfestival.
Stunder won prize for ”Best Screenplay” at Pixel filmfestival. SVT (
Swedish Television) bought and aired the film in 2006.
Beslutet won around 13 short film festivals like
November Filmfestivalen, and was nominated 1 km film at
Stockholms Internationella Filmfestival. In 2005, Concha started study at
Filmhögskolan i Göteborg, but dropped out to debut as a feature film director with the movie
Mañana with actresses like
Alexandra Dahlström and
Michael Segerström.
Mañana, screened in
Cleveland International Film Festival,
Bogota International Film Festival,
Newport Beach Film Festival,
Bermuda International Filmfestival. Concha directed the highly critical acclaimed TV-series
Starke man, which was nominated for the Swedish Emmy Awards
Kristallen 2011 and its second season
2012. Concha developed and directed TV-serie
Elsas värld (Tre Vänner) based on
Sofi Fahrman book ”
Elsas mode”. In 2014, Concha was awarded the ”Audience Award" at
Göteborgs filmfestival for the short film
Batter. The film
Batter was later developed into a feature film and was released in cinemas in 2017, under the new name "
Den enda vägen" (Blind Alley), which he both wrote and directed (wrote together with
Claudia Galli Concha). Four years later, Concha wrote, directed, photographed, and produced the successful film
SUEDI that premiered on
Viaplay. The film was a great success with over
1 million views. It became the most successful Swedish film 2021. Suedi won both ”Best Comedy” and ”Best Swedish Movie” at
MovieZine Awards 2021. It also led to Conchas first Swedish Academy Awards nomination (Gulbaggen) for
Best Screenplay. Concha has directed
ALEX (tv-series) and
HEDER (tv-series), both on the top list as the most
seen Swedish TV series on
Viaplay. International media have bought both series and at least
four remakes are being produced. In February 2022, Manuel directed the criminal-drama series
Bäckström season 2. for CMore. Manuel has directed iconic and awarded music videos, with over 50 million views for artists like American Grammy nominated
Trey Songz,
Mr Eazi,
The Sounds,
Danny Saucedo,
Medina,
Sabina Ddumba och
Cherrie. The music video "Fumble" (from the number one US album
Chapter V) by Trey Songz officially premiered on
BET’s
106 & Park as the new joint of the day in April 2013.[3 Concha has also directed high-class commercials for companies like IKEA, Sony and BMW. The City of Malmö and the State of Skåne awarded Concha with the Cultural Scholarship. ==Personal life==