Imanol Uribe was born on February 28 1950 in San Salvador El Salvador as Imanol Karmel Uribe Bilbao He is a director and writer known for Días contados 1994 Carols Journey 2002 and Bwana 1996 Is of Spanish heritage and was raised in Madrid Gained fame early in his career for his controversial sociopolitical portraits of the Basque people and their struggle to become a separate nation Earned a journalism degree and later studied film direction Lived with actress María Barranco 19822004 They have a daughter Andrea born in 1993