
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 |