Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Born: January 2, 1942
in Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain
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).

Movies for Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón...

The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
Title: The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: November 10, 2023
Type: Movie
A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes his memoirs and a novel with autobiographical resonances.
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Berlanga!!
Title: Berlanga!!
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: October 26, 2021
Type: Movie
How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has little to do with his own? Since to understand the secrets of an artist it is essential to know the person behind, his family, his friends, his collaborators, as well as prestigious filmmakers and actors trace a collective portrait of a creator as singular as he is universal.
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La corte de Ana
Title: La corte de Ana
Character: Himself - Filmmaker
Released: March 19, 2020
Type: Movie
She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas starring children, a child prodigy unlike any other; a girl who, in time, would become a symbol of freedom and a total artist. Actress, singer, friend, lover. This is the story of Ana Belén.
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El Quijote desde la platea
Title: El Quijote desde la platea
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: April 22, 2019
Type: Movie
How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has been depicted in cinema, television, cartoons, theater, opera, ballet and other artistic disciplines. An adventure that began more than four hundred years ago in the pages of a book and is far from coming to an end.
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24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
Title: 24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
Character: Self
Released: December 14, 2012
Type: Movie
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Por la gracia de Luis
Title: Por la gracia de Luis
Character: Himself
Released: October 17, 2009
Type: Movie
A walk through the work of Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) that is neither a documentary nor a narrative movie, but a tribute to one of the greatest directors of Spanish cinema. Anything can happen: the performers are not themselves, but their characters; there are no interviews, but greetings; a series of entrances and exits. A joyful reunion, a celebration of life.
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The Footprints of a Spirit
Title: The Footprints of a Spirit
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: October 10, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.