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).