Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (
Torrelavega
Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain.
It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27 ...
,
Cantabria 2 January 1940) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film ''
Habla, mudita
''Habla, mudita'' is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Acade ...
'' was entered into the
23rd Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1977, he won the
Silver Bear for Best Director for ''
Camada negra'' at the
27th Berlin International Film Festival
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977. The festival opened with ''Nickelodeon'' by Peter Bogdanovich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film '' The Ascent'' directed by Larisa Shep ...
.
His 1979 film ''
El corazón del bosque'' was entered into the
29th Berlin International Film Festival
The 29th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979. The Golden Bear was awarded to the West German film ''David'' directed by Peter Lilienthal.
Michael Cimino's ''The Deer Hunter'' was surrounded by controve ...
.
Two years later, his film ''
Maravillas'' was entered into the
31st Berlin International Film Festival.
His 1982 film ''
Demons in the Garden'' was entered into the
13th Moscow International Film Festival
The 13th Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; ab ...
where it won the
FIPRESCI Prize
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
.
In 1991 he was a member of the jury at the
17th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1995 his film ''
King of the River
''King of the River'' is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967.
The series centred on the King family and their efforts to maintain their sail-driven barge transport business. It starred Bernard Lee, otherwise ...
'' was entered into the
45th Berlin International Film Festival.
Gutiérrez Aragón was elected to Seat ''F'' of the
Real Academia Española
The Royal Spanish Academy ( es, Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with ...
on 16 April 2015, he took up his seat on 24 January 2016.
Cinema
*(DS) Director and Screenwriter
*(S) only Screenwriter
References
External links
Official site*
1940 births
Living people
People from Torrelavega
Film directors from Cantabria
Spanish film directors
Spanish male screenwriters
Members of the Royal Spanish Academy
Silver Bear for Best Director recipients
20th-century Spanish screenwriters
20th-century Spanish male writers
21st-century Spanish screenwriters
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