Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
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).
26 directing credits · 11 acting credits
Directing · 26
Virgin Rose
2006
Don Quijote de la Mancha
1992
Andalucía es de cine
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Things I Left in Havana
1998
Demons in the Garden
1982
Black Litter
1977
Ferocious
1984
Maravillas
1981
King of the River
1995
Todos estamos invitados
2008
The Most Beautiful Night
1984
Don Quixote, Knight Errant
2002
Your Next Life
2004
Half of Heaven
1986
Cuentos para una escapada
1981
Speak, Silent One
1973
Somnambulists
1978
Visionarios
2001
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
La conquista de la democracia
2025
Misadventure
1988
Heart of the Forest
1979
Semana Santa
1992
El último día de la humanidad
1969
La Festa
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El caso de Justo Sánchez alias «El vampiro de la Cava Baja»
1966
Acting · 11
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
2023
Berlanga!!
2021
¡Qué grande es el cine!
1995
El Quijote desde la platea
2019
La corte de Ana
2020
Tata Mía
1986
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
2012
Por la gracia de Luis
2009
The Footprints of a Spirit
1998
Borau y el cine
2025
Lo berlanguiano
2024