Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 11, 1928, Havana, Cuba
- Died
- April 16, 1996
- Movies
- 32
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2010 | Memória Cubana | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 | Interviewee (archival footage) |
| 2005 | I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Rocha Que Voa | Self (voice) |
| 1984 | Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema | Self |
| 1964 | The End | |
| 1963 | Hello Cubans | Self (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1995 | Guantanamera | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Strawberry and Chocolate | Director |
| 1991 | Con el amor no se juega | Director |
| 1991 | Contigo en la distancia | Director |
| 1989 | Letters from the Park | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Up to a Certain Point | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | The Survivors | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | The Other Francisco | Writer |
| 1977 | La sexta parte del mundo | Director |
| 1976 | The Last Supper | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | El camino de la mirra y el incienso | Director |
| 1974 | El arte del tabaco | Director |
| 1972 | A Cuban Fight Against Demons | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Memories of Underdevelopment | Director, Writer |
| 1966 | Death of a Bureaucrat | Director, Screenplay |
| 1964 | Cumbite | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | The Twelve Chairs | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | Muerte al invasor | Director |
| 1960 | Stories of the Revolution | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | General Assembly | Director |
| 1959 | This Is Our Land | Director |
| 1953 | Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain | Director, Screenplay |
| 1950 | A Daily Mix-up | Director, Screenplay |
| 1947 | La Caperucita Roja | Director |
| 1947 | El Faquir | Director |
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