Person
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Directing · 1928–1996 · Havana, Cuba
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
Lo + plus
Self
Strawberry and Chocolate
Director
Cumbite
Director
Letters from the Park
Director
Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema
Self
Up to a Certain Point
Director
This Is Our Land
Editor
Hello Cubans
Self (uncredited)
Memories of Underdevelopment
Director
General Assembly
Director
Filmography
- 2010Memória CubanaSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996Interviewee (archival footage)
- 2005I Am Cuba, the Siberian MammothSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Rocha Que VoaSelf (voice)
- 1995GuantanameraDirector
- 1995Lo + plusSelf
- 1993Strawberry and ChocolateDirector
- 1991Con el amor no se juegaDirector
- 1991Contigo en la distanciaDirector
- 1989Letters from the ParkDirector
- 1984Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinemaSelf
- 1983Up to a Certain PointDirector
- 1979The SurvivorsDirector
- 1977One Way or AnotherDramaturgy
- 1977La sexta parte del mundoDirector
- 1976The Last SupperDirector
- 1975The Other FranciscoWriter
- 1975El camino de la mirra y el inciensoDirector
- 1974El arte del tabacoDirector
- 1972A Cuban Fight Against DemonsDirector
- 1968Memories of UnderdevelopmentDirector
- 1966Death of a BureaucratDirector
- 1964CumbiteDirector
- 1964The End
- 1963Hello CubansSelf (uncredited)
- 1962The Twelve ChairsDirector
- 1962Muerte al invasorEditor
- 1960Stories of the RevolutionDirector
- 1960General AssemblyDirector
- 1959This Is Our LandEditor
- 1955El méganoAdditional Writing
- 1953Il sogno de Giovanni BassainDirector
- 1950A Daily Mix-upDirector
- 1947La Caperucita RojaDirector
- 1947El FaquirDirector
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