Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-12-11 (68 years old)

Deathday

1996-04-16

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.

Acting

2002

Rocha Que Voa

as Self (voice)

2010

Memória Cubana

as Self (archive footage)

1963

Hello Cubans

as Self (uncredited)

2008

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

as Interviewee (archival footage)

Production

1995

Guantanamera

as Writer

1966

1995

Guantanamera

as Director

1976

The Last Supper

as Director

1979

The Survivors

as Director

1962

The Twelve Chairs

as Screenplay

1979

The Survivors

as Screenplay

1962

1989

1959

1962

1964

Cumbite

as Director

1959

This Is Our Land

as Director

1975

1964

Cumbite

as Writer

1983

1960

1962

1976

The Last Supper

as Screenplay

1983

1959

This Is Our Land

as Additional Writing

1955

El mégano

as Additional Writing

1955

El mégano

as Co-Director

1960

General Assembly

as Director

1977

One Way or Another

as Dramaturgy

1974

1947

1950

A Daily Mix-up

as Screenplay

1947

El Faquir

as Director

1950

A Daily Mix-up

as Director

1966

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