German Gutierrez (director)
German Gutierrez is a Colombian-Canadian documentary film and television director based in Montreal, Quebec.[1] He is most noted as co-director with his wife, Carmen Garcia, of the 2012 documentary film Falardeau,[2] which was the winner of the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011.[3]
He was previously nominated in the same category at the 8th Jutra Awards in 2006 for Who Shot My Brother? (Qui a tiré sur mon frère?).[4]
He was born and raised in Colombia, before moving to Canada in his early 20s, where he worked for the National Film Board of Canada as a cinematographer and director. Who Shot My Brother? profiled a real-life assassination attempt on his brother, Colombian political activist Oscar Gutierrez,[5] and was the winner of the Radio-Canada People's Choice Award at the 2005 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[6]
His other directorial credits have included the television documentary series Insectia,[7] and the film The Coca-Cola Case,[8] with his credits as a cinematographer including the films The Wanted 18 and Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair. He won a Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series at the 14th Gemini Awards in 1999,[9] and was nominated in the same category at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001, for Insectia.
His most recent documentary film, History Will Judge, was released in 2022.[10]
References
- ^ Samuel Larochelle, "Carmen Garcia and German Gutierrez: Four decades of creative harmony". Canada Media Fund, August 4, 2022.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Falardeau : un homme debout". La Presse, October 20, 2010.
- ^ "Incendies sweeps Jutra Awards". CBC News, March 14, 2011.
- ^ Marc-André Lussier, "C.R.A.Z.Y. et Maurice Richard mènent la course". La Presse, February 8, 2006.
- ^ John Griffin, "A sad, sad, story of brotherly love for a conflicted country". Montreal Gazette, December 9, 2005.
- ^ "FNC honours documentary". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2005.
- ^ Jim Bawden, "A man smitten and bitten by love bugs ; Collector brings passion for critters to Insectia". Toronto Star, February 10, 2001.
- ^ Jay Stone, "The Coca-Cola Case; Film's accusation of complicity in union killings draws fire from soft-drink giant". Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2010.
- ^ "Complete list of Gemini winners". Toronto Star, November 8, 1999.
- ^ Janet Smith, "Vancouver Latin American Film Festival to spotlight Cuba's Pavel Giroud, Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, and more, September 7 to 17". Stir, August 17, 2023.