Manuel Pérez (born 19 November 1939) is a Cuban

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He has directed seven films since 1961. His 1973 film ''

The Man from Maisinicu ''The Man from Maisinicu'' ( es, El hombre de Maisinicú) is a 1973 Cuban drama film directed by Manuel Pérez. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where Sergio Corrieri won the award for Best Actor. Cast * Mario B ...

'' was entered into the

8th Moscow International Film Festival The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1973. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' That Sweet Word: Liberty!'' directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius and the Bulgarian film '' Affection'' directed by L ...

where it won a Special Mention. His 1977 film '' Río Negro'' was entered into the

10th Moscow International Film Festival The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovi ...

where it won the Special Prize.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1973) * '' Río Negro'' (1977) * '' Che Guevara: Where You'd Never Imagine Him'' (2004)

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* 1939 births Living people Cuban film directors Cuban screenwriters Cuban male writers Male screenwriters People from Havana {{Cuba-film-director-stub