Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Directing
- December 11, 1928 · Havana, Cuba
- April 16, 1996
Biography
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of its social, economic, and political aftermaths in the country.
Known for
Filmography
- Memória Cubana · Self
- Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 · Interviewee (archival footage)
- I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth · Self
- Rocha Que Voa · Self
- Guantanamera · Director, Writer
- Lo + plus · Self
- Strawberry and Chocolate · Director
- Con el amor no se juega · Director
- Contigo en la distancia · Director
- Letters from the Park · Director, Writer
- Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema · Self
- Up to a Certain Point · Director, Screenplay
- The Survivors · Director, Screenplay
- The Other Francisco · Writer
- One Way or Another · Dramaturgy
- La sexta parte del mundo · Director
- The Last Supper · Director, Screenplay
- El camino de la mirra y el incienso · Director
- El arte del tabaco · Director
- A Cuban Fight Against Demons · Director, Story
- Memories of Underdevelopment · Director, Writer
- Death of a Bureaucrat · Director, Story
- Cumbite · Director, Writer
- The End
- Hello Cubans · Self
- The Twelve Chairs · Director, Screenplay
- Muerte al invasor · Editing, Director
- Stories of the Revolution · Director, Screenplay
- General Assembly · Director
- This Is Our Land · Editing, Director
- The Sand Dune · Additional Writing, Co-Director
- Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain · Director, Screenplay
- A Daily Mix-up · Director, Screenplay
- La Caperucita Roja · Director
- El Faquir · Director