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.

Directed

1. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) — Director
2. Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) — Director
3. Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) — Director
4. Guantanamera (1995) — Director
5. The Last Supper (1976) — Director
6. The Twelve Chairs (1962) — Director
7. The Survivors (1979) — Director
8. Stories of the Revolution (1960) — Director
9. Up to a Certain Point (1983) — Director
10. Muerte al invasor (1962) — Director
11. A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972) — Director
12. This Is Our Land (1959) — Director
13. Letters from the Park (1989) — Director
14. Cumbite (1964) — Director
15. Con el amor no se juega (1991) — Director
16. El arte del tabaco (1974) — Director
17. General Assembly (1960) — Director
18. El Faquir (1947) — Director
19. Contigo en la distancia (1991) — Director
20. La sexta parte del mundo (1977) — Director
21. La Caperucita Roja (1947) — Director
22. Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain (1953) — Director
23. El camino de la mirra y el incienso (1975) — Director
24. A Daily Mix-up (1950) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Hello Cubans (1963) — Self (uncredited)
2. I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005) — Self (archive footage)
3. Rocha Que Voa (2002) — Self (voice)
4. Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 (2008) — Interviewee (archival footage)
5. The End (1964)
6. Memória Cubana (2010) — Self (archive footage)
7. Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema (1984) — Self
8. Lo + plus (1995) — Self