Born in London to a Colombian mother and an English father, Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music and went on to become one of best known producers in  the music industry.

In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album 'On an Island' and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America. Previously he has produced John Cale: Fear (1974), David Gilmour: On an Island (2006), The Hall Effect: The Hall Effect (2010), Pink Floyd: The Endless River (2014), David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock (2015) Manzanera has also produced some of Latin America's most successful rock and pop artists: Heroes del Silencio: "Senderos de Traición" (1990), Tania Libertad: "Boleros Hoy" (1991), Heroes del Silencio: "El Espíritu del Vino" (1993), Os Paralamas do Sucesso: Severino (1994), Fito Páez: Circo Beat (1994), Antonio Vega: Océano de Sol (1994), Aterciopelados: La Pipa de la Paz (1996), Robi Draco Rosa: "Vagabundo" (1996), Enrique Bunbury: "Radical Sonora" (1997), Monica Naranjo: "Minage" (2000), Enrique Bunbury: "Hellville deluxe" (2008), As a child

Manzanera spent most of his childhood in different parts of the Americas, including Hawaii, Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba. It was in Cuba that the young Manzanera, aged six, encountered his first guitar, a Spanish guitar owned by his mother. His earliest musical accomplishments were Cuban folk songs inspired by the Cuban Revolution. In Venezuela the eight-year-old Manzanera started experimenting with the sounds of the electric guitar. During his teenage years he was absorbing the twin influences of 1960s rock and roll and Latin American rhythms of merengue music, cumbia, and particularly the boleros of the Mexican Armando Manzanero.