Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (33)
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996
as Interviewee (archival footage)
2008
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Rocha Que Voa
as Self (voice)
2002
Guantanamera
Director (Directing)
1995
Strawberry and Chocolate
Director (Directing)
1993
Con el amor no se juega
Director (Directing)
1991
Contigo en la distancia
Director (Directing)
1991
Letters from the Park
Director (Directing)
1989
Up to a Certain Point
Director (Directing)
1983
The Survivors
Director (Directing)
1979
One Way or Another
Dramaturgy (Crew)
1977
La sexta parte del mundo
Director (Directing)
1977
The Last Supper
Director (Directing)
1976
The Other Francisco
Writer (Writing)
1975
El camino de la mirra y el incienso
Director (Directing)
1975
El arte del tabaco
Director (Directing)
1974
A Cuban Fight Against Demons
Director (Directing)
1972
Memories of Underdevelopment
Director (Directing)
1968
Death of a Bureaucrat
Story (Writing)
1966
Cumbite
Director (Directing)
1964
The End
1964
Hello Cubans
as Self (uncredited)
1963
The Twelve Chairs
Screenplay (Writing)
1962
Muerte al invasor
Editor (Editing)
1962
Stories of the Revolution
Director (Directing)
1960
General Assembly
Director (Directing)
1960
This Is Our Land
Editor (Editing)
1959
El mégano
Additional Writing (Crew)
1955
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
Screenplay (Writing)
1953
A Daily Mix-up
Director (Directing)
1950
La Caperucita Roja
Director (Directing)
1947
El Faquir
Director (Directing)
1947
