Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Film director (1928-1996) · Cuba · On the map · Directors · Died at 67
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. Gutiérrez Alea 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 the...
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Lo + plusSeries
GuantanameraFilm, 1995Director, Writer1991
Con el amor no se juegaFilm, Director1984
Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinemaFilm1979
The SurvivorsFilm, Director, Writer1976
The Last SupperFilm, Director, Writer1974
El arte del tabacoFilm, Director1968
Memories of UnderdevelopmentFilm, Director, Writer1964
CumbiteFilm, Director, Writer1962
Muerte al invasorFilm, Director1959
This Is Our LandFilm, Director1953Il sogno de Giovanni BassainFilm, Director, Writer1947El FaquirFilm, Director1928Born11 December 1928People around Tomás
Close ties
Mirtha Ibarra Tomás directed Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez Tomás directed Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
Julio García Espinosa Also in The Sand Dune and This Is Our Land
Gabriel García Márquez Also in Letters from the Park (1989)
Juan Carlos Tabío Also in Up to a Certain Point (1983)- Eliseo Alberto Also in Letters from the Park (1989)
Pedro Fernández Tomás directed Guantanamera (1996)
Francisco Gattorno Tomás directed Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
Víctor Laplace Tomás directed Letters from the Park (1988)
Daisy Granados Tomás directed Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Nelson Villagra Tomás directed The Last Supper (1976)
Vladimir Cruz Tomás directed Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
José Ángel Espinoza Tomás directed Guantanamera (1996)
Marilyn Solaya Tomás directed Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
Sergio Giral Directed The Other Francisco (1975)
Sergio Corrieri Tomás directed Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Known for
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Death of a Bureaucrat 1966
Hello Cubans 1963
Memories of Underdevelopment 1968
Strawberry and Chocolate 1993
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 33
55 credits on file
Television 1
Awards
About this person
Gutiérrez Alea 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 the social, economic, and political conditions of the country.
