Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-12-11

Deathday 1996-04-16 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Havana, Cuba

Also Known As Томас Гутиеррес Алеа, Titón

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.

Known For

Director

1995
Guantanamera

as Director

1993
1991
1991
1989
1983
1979
The Survivors

as Director

1977
1976
The Last Supper

as Director

1974
El arte del tabaco

as Director

1966
1964
Cumbite

as Director

1962
The Twelve Chairs

as Director

1962
Muerte al invasor

as Director

1960
General Assembly

as Director

1959
This Is Our Land

as Director

1955
El mégano

as Co-Director

1950
A Daily Mix-up

as Director

1947
La Caperucita Roja

as Director

1947
El Faquir

as Director

Writer

1995
Guantanamera

as Writer

1989
1983
Up to a Certain Point

as Screenplay

1979
The Survivors

as Screenplay

1976
The Last Supper

as Screenplay

1975
1964
Cumbite

as Writer

1962
The Twelve Chairs

as Screenplay

1960
1950
A Daily Mix-up

as Screenplay

Actor

2010
Memória Cubana

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

as Interviewee (archival footage)

1995
Lo + plus

as Self

1963
Hello Cubans

as Self (uncredited)

Crew

1974
One Way or Another

as Dramaturgy

1959
This Is Our Land

as Additional Writing

1955
El mégano

as Additional Writing

Editor

1962
1959