Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Biography

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Torrelavega -Cantabria-, January 2, 1942). Spanish film director, screenwriter and writer. Graduated in Philosophy and Letters, in 1970 he graduated as a filmmaker at the Escuela Oficial de Cine de Madrid. In 1973 he debuted as a director with Habla, mudita and won the Critics' Prize at the 1974 Berlin International Film Festival and an Oscar nomination. Between 1974 and 1975 he wrote the screenplays for Las truchas, Furtivos, and Las largas vacaciones del 36 and established himself as one of the best directors of his generation with Camada negra (1977), Sonámbulos (1977) and El corazón del bosque (1978).

Directed

1. Your Next Life (2004) — Director
2. El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes (1992) — Director
3. Virgin Rose (2006) — Director
4. Don Quixote, Knight Errant (2002) — Director
5. Maravillas (1981) — Director
6. Todos estamos invitados (2008) — Director
7. Black Litter (1977) — Director
8. Demons in the Garden (1982) — Director
9. Somnambulists (1978) — Director
10. The Most Beautiful Night (1984) — Director
11. Half of Heaven (1986) — Director
12. Heart of the Forest (1979) — Director
13. Speak, Silent One (1973) — Director
14. Ferocious (1984) — Director
15. Things I Left in Havana (1998) — Director
16. Don Quijote de la Mancha (1992) — Director
17. Misadventure (1988) — Director
18. King of the River (1995) — Director
19. Visionarios (2001) — Director
20. Cuentos para una escapada (1981) — Director
21. Semana Santa (1992) — Director
22. El último día de la humanidad (1969) — Director
23. La Festa — Director
24. El caso de Justo Sánchez alias «El vampiro de la Cava Baja» (1966) — Director
25. Andalucía es de cine — Director
26. La conquista de la democracia (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Tata Mía (1986) — Party Guest #1 (Uncredited)
2. The Footprints of a Spirit (1998) — Self - Filmmaker
3. The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite (2023) — Self - Filmmaker
4. El Quijote desde la platea (2019) — Self - Filmmaker
5. La corte de Ana (2020) — Himself - Filmmaker
6. Berlanga!! (2021) — Self - Filmmaker
7. 24 horas en la vida de Querejeta (2012) — Self
8. Por la gracia de Luis (2009) — Himself
9. Borau y el cine (2025)
10. Lo berlanguiano (2024) — Self - Host
11. ¡Qué grande es el cine! (1995) — Self - Panelist