Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1928-12-11 · Havana, Cuba
- Died
- 1996-04-16
Known for
- Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) — Writer
- Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) — Director
- Hello Cubans (1963) — Self (uncredited)
- Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) — Story
- One Way or Another (1977) — Dramaturgy
- Guantanamera (1995) — Writer
- The Last Supper (1976) — Director
- I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005) — Self (archive footage)
- The Twelve Chairs (1962) — Screenplay
- The Survivors (1979) — Director
- Stories of the Revolution (1960) — Director
- The Other Francisco (1977) — Writer
- Muerte al invasor (1962) — Editor
- Up to a Certain Point (1983) — Director
- This Is Our Land (1959) — Editor
- A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972) — Director