Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Directing December 11, 1928

Havana, Cuba

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 ins…

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Strawberry and Chocolate

Strawberry and Chocolate

7.0 1993 Movie
Memories of Underdevelopment

Memories of Underdevelopment

7.2 1968 Movie
Lo + plus

Lo + plus

1995 TV Show
Hello Cubans

Hello Cubans

7.3 1963 Movie
Death of a Bureaucrat

Death of a Bureaucrat

7.4 1966 Movie
One Way or Another

One Way or Another

6.5 1977 Movie
Guantanamera

Guantanamera

6.5 1995 Movie
The Last Supper

The Last Supper

7.9 1976 Movie
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

7.3 2005 Movie
The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

7.5 1962 Movie
The Survivors

The Survivors

7.4 1979 Movie
Up to a Certain Point

Up to a Certain Point

4.5 1983 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2010
    Memória Cubana

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2008
    Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

    Movie Interviewee (archival footage)

  3. 2005
    I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2002
    Rocha Que Voa

    Movie Self (voice)

  5. 1995
    Guantanamera

    Movie Writer

  6. 1995
    Lo + plus

    TV show Self

  7. 1993
    Strawberry and Chocolate

    Movie Director

  8. 1991
    Con el amor no se juega

    Movie Director

  9. 1991
    Contigo en la distancia

    Movie Director

  10. 1989
    Letters from the Park

    Movie Director

  11. 1984
    Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema

    Movie Self

  12. 1983
    Up to a Certain Point

    Movie Director

  13. 1979
    The Survivors

    Movie Director

  14. 1977
    The Other Francisco

    Movie Writer

  15. 1977
    One Way or Another

    Movie Dramaturgy

  16. 1977
    La sexta parte del mundo

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1976
    The Last Supper

    Movie Director

  2. 1975
    El camino de la mirra y el incienso

    Movie Director

  3. 1974
    El arte del tabaco

    Movie Director

  4. 1972
    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    Movie Director

  5. 1968
    Memories of Underdevelopment

    Movie Writer

  6. 1966
    Death of a Bureaucrat

    Movie Story

  7. 1964
    Cumbite

    Movie Director

  8. 1964
    The End

    Movie

  9. 1963
    Hello Cubans

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  10. 1962
    The Twelve Chairs

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1962
    Muerte al invasor

    Movie Editor

  12. 1960
    Stories of the Revolution

    Movie Director

  13. 1960
    General Assembly

    Movie Director

  14. 1959
    This Is Our Land

    Movie Editor

  15. 1955
    The Sand Dune

    Movie Additional Writing

  16. 1953
    Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1950
    A Daily Mix-up

    Movie Screenplay

  18. 1947
    El Faquir

    Movie Director

  19. 1947
    La Caperucita Roja

    Movie Director