Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
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).
Acting (10 movies)
The Footprints of a Spirit
1998
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
2023
Berlanga!!
2021
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
2012
Por la gracia de Luis
2009
El Quijote desde la platea
2019
La corte de Ana
2020
Tata Mía
1986
Borau y el cine
2025
Lo berlanguiano
2024
Directing (21 movies)
Demons in the Garden
1982
Todos estamos invitados
2008
The Most Beautiful Night
1984
Speak, Silent One
1973
Don Quixote, Knight Errant
2002
Half of Heaven
1986
Virgin Rose
2006
Maravillas
1981
King of the River
1995
Heart of the Forest
1979
Somnambulists
1978
Black Litter
1977
Misadventure
1988
Ferocious
1984
Cuentos para una escapada
1981
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Things I Left in Havana
1998
Visionarios
2001
Your Next Life
2004
Semana Santa
1992
El último día de la humanidad
1969
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| El último día de la humanidad | 1969 | Screenplay |
| Speak, Silent One | 1973 | Screenplay |
| The Lonely Heart | 1973 | Writer |
| Poachers | 1975 | Screenplay |
| The Long Vacations of '36 | 1976 | Screenplay |
| Black Litter | 1977 | Writer |
| Trout | 1978 | Writer |
| Somnambulists | 1978 | Writer |
| Heart of the Forest | 1979 | Writer |
| Maravillas | 1981 | Writer |
| Cuentos para una escapada | 1981 | Writer |
| Demons in the Garden | 1982 | Writer |
| Ferocious | 1984 | Writer |
| The Most Beautiful Night | 1984 | Writer |
| The House of Ulloa | 1985 | Screenplay |
| Half of Heaven | 1986 | Writer |
| Jarrapellejos | 1988 | Writer |
| Misadventure | 1988 | Writer |
| The Longest Night | 1991 | Writer |
| The Long Winter | 1992 | Screenplay |
| Semana Santa | 1992 | Writer |
| The Devil's Breath | 1993 | Writer |
| King of the River | 1995 | Writer |
| Cuernos de mujer | 1995 | Writer |
| Things I Left in Havana | 1998 | Writer |
| By My Side Again | 1999 | Writer |
| I Know Who You Are | 2000 | Writer |
| Visionarios | 2001 | Writer |
| Don Quixote, Knight Errant | 2002 | Writer |
| Your Next Life | 2004 | Writer |
| Virgin Rose | 2006 | Writer |
| Todos estamos invitados | 2008 | Writer |