Chano Piñeiro was born on October 12, 1954 in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain as Luciano Manuel Piñeiro Martínez. He was a director and writer, known for Mamasunción (1985), Sempre Xonxa (1989) and Esperanza (1986). He died on March 22, 1995 in Santiago de Compostela.