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 27.5 ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

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 Acad ...

'' was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ...

for '' Camada negra'' at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. 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 controver ...

. Two years later, his film '' Maravillas'' was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. His 1982 film ''

Demons in the Garden ''Demons in the Garden'' ( es, Demonios en el jardín, links=no) is a 1982 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, starring Ángela Molina, Ana Belén and Imanol Arias. The film is about a dysfunctional family living in rural Spa ...

'' was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival 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 ''

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'' was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Gutiérrez Aragón was elected to Seat ''F'' of the Real Academia Española on 16 April 2015, he took up his seat on 24 January 2016.

Cinema

*(DS) Director and Screenwriter *(S) only Screenwriter

References

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* 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 {{Spain-film-director-stub