Biography
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).
Filmography
Cast Credits
Borau y el cine
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
Lo berlanguiano
Character: Self - Host
MOVIE • 2024
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
Character: Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE • 2023
Berlanga!!
Character: Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE • 2021
La corte de Ana
Character: Himself - Filmmaker
MOVIE • 2020
El Quijote desde la platea
Character: Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE • 2019
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Por la gracia de Luis
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2009
The Footprints of a Spirit
Character: Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE • 1998
Tata Mía
Character: Party Guest #1 (Uncredited)
MOVIE • 1986
Crew
Crew Credits
La conquista de la democracia
Role: Director
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Todos estamos invitados
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2008
Todos estamos invitados
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2008
Virgin Rose
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Virgin Rose
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2006
Your Next Life
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2004
Your Next Life
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2004
Don Quixote, Knight Errant
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2002
Don Quixote, Knight Errant
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2002
Visionarios
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2001
Visionarios
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2001
I Know Who You Are
Role: Writer
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By My Side Again
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1999
Things I Left in Havana
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1998
Things I Left in Havana
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1998
Cuernos de mujer
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1995
King of the River
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
King of the River
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1995
The Devil's Breath
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1993
Semana Santa
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1992