Eyes Of Latin America

Tomás GUTIÉRREZ Alea

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Nationality: Cuban. Born: Havana, 11 December 1928. Education: Studied law at the University of Havana; attended Centro Sperimentale, Rome, 1951–53. Career: Worked with Cine-Revista newsreel organisation, late 1950s; following establishment of Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC) by revolutionary government, began making documentaries, 1959; later collaborated with younger filmmakers, in keeping with ICAIC policy. Awards: Union of Writers of the URSS Award, Moscow International Film Festival, for Historias de la revolucion, 1961; Grand Coral—First Prize, for Tiempo de revancha, 1982; Grand Coral—First Prize, for Hasta cierto punto, 1983; Silver Berlin Bear Award and Teddy Award, Berlin International Film Festival, Golden Kikito, Gramado Latin Film Festival, ARCI-NOVA Award, FIPRESCI Award, Grand Coral—First Prize, OCIC Award, and Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival, for Strawberry and Chocolate, 1994; Grand Coral—Second Prize, shared with Juan Carlos Tabío, Havana Film Festival,

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

1995, Jury Award, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, 1996, Golden Kikito, Gramado Latin Film Festival, 1996, and Latin America Cinema Award—Honorable Mention, Sundance Film Festival, 1996, all for Guantanamera. Died: Of lung cancer, Havana, 16 April 1996.

Films as Director:

1947La Caperucita roja; El Faquir

1950Una Confusión cotidiana

1953Il Sogno de Giovanni Bassain

1955El Mégano

1959Esta tierra nuestra (+ sc, ed)

1960Asamblea general; Historias de la revolución (Stories of the Revolution) (+ sc)

1961Muerte al invasor

1962Las Doce sillas (The Twelve Chairs) (+ sc)

1964Cumbite (+ sc)

1966La Muerte de un burócrata (Death of a Bureaucrat) (+ sc)

1968Memorias del subdesarrollo (Historias del subdesarrollo; Inconsolable Memories; Memories of Underdevelopment) (+ sc, ro)

1971Una Pelea cubana contra los demonios (A Cuban Fight against Demons) (+ sc)

1974El Arte del tabaco

1975El Camino de la mirra y el incienso

1976La Última cena (The Last Supper)

1977De cierta manera (One Way or Another) (+ sc); La Sexta parte del mundo

1979Los Sobrevivientes (The Survivors) (+ sc)

1984Hasta cierto punto (Up to a Certain Point; Up to a Point)

1988Cartas del parque (Letters from the Park) (+ sc)

1991Contigo en la distancia (Far Apart)

1993Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate)

1994Guantanamera (+ sc)