Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Born: 1942-01-02

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).


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Berlanga!!

as Self - Filmmaker
Released: 2021-10-26

How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain...

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The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite

as Self - Filmmaker
Released: 2023-11-10

A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he...

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La corte de Ana

as Himself - Filmmaker
Released: 2020-03-19

She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas...

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The Footprints of a Spirit

as Self - Filmmaker
Released: 1998-10-10

The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

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El Quijote desde la platea

as Self - Filmmaker
Released: 2019-04-22

How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has...

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Por la gracia de Luis

as Himself
Released: 2009-10-17

A walk through the work of Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) that is neither a documentary nor a...

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