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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-12-11 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Havana, Cuba

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.

Known For

Acting

2010

Memória Cubana as Self (archive footage)

2008

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 as Interviewee (archival footage)

2005

I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

2002

1995

Lo + plus as Self

1963

Hello Cubans as Self (uncredited)

Directing

1995

Guantanamera as Director

1993

Strawberry and Chocolate as Director

1991

Con el amor no se juega as Director

Contigo en la distancia as Director

1989

Letters from the Park as Director

1983

Up to a Certain Point as Director

1979

The Survivors as Director

1977

La sexta parte del mundo as Director

1976

The Last Supper as Director

1975

El camino de la mirra y el incienso as Director

1974

El arte del tabaco as Director

1972

A Cuban Fight Against Demons as Director

1968

Memories of Underdevelopment as Director

1966

Death of a Bureaucrat as Director

1964

Cumbite as Director

1962

The Twelve Chairs as Director

Muerte al invasor as Director

1960

Stories of the Revolution as Director

General Assembly as Director

1959

This Is Our Land as Director

1955

El mégano as Co-Director

1953

Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain as Director

1950

A Daily Mix-up as Director

1947

La Caperucita Roja as Director

El Faquir as Director

Writing

1995

Guantanamera as Writer

1989

Letters from the Park as Writer

1983

Up to a Certain Point as Story

Up to a Certain Point as Screenplay

1979

The Survivors as Screenplay

1976

The Last Supper as Screenplay

1975

The Other Francisco as Writer

1972

A Cuban Fight Against Demons as Story

A Cuban Fight Against Demons as Screenplay

1968

Memories of Underdevelopment as Writer

1966

Death of a Bureaucrat as Story

1964

Cumbite as Writer

1962

The Twelve Chairs as Screenplay

1960

Stories of the Revolution as Screenplay

1953

Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain as Screenplay

1950

A Daily Mix-up as Screenplay

Editing

1962

Muerte al invasor as Editor

1959

This Is Our Land as Editor

Crew

1977

One Way or Another as Dramaturgy

1959

This Is Our Land as Additional Writing

1955

El mégano as Additional Writing