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Nominations Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay Movies Ciudad Delirio, Return to Hansala, El Calentito, Take My Eyes, Alma gitana Similar Icíar Bollaín, Julián Villagrán, Farah Hamed, Gracia Querejeta, Blanca Li | ||
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Chus Gutiérrez (born 1962) is a Spanish director, writer, and actress who was born in Granada, Spain. Gutiérrez has experiences of moving back and forth between Spain and the U.S., which influenced her filmmaking, as her films are known for discussing topics such as immigration, globalization, and multiculturalism.
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- Droga oral chus gutie rrez
- Insomnio 1998 de chus guti rrez trailer
- Early life
- Career
- Direction
- References
Insomnio 1998 de chus guti rrez trailer
Early life
Gutiérrez was born in Granada, Spain in 1962. She moved to Madrid with her family in 1970. She moved to London to learn English when she was 17. At the age of 21 she moved to New York to study filmmaking at Global Village, under the instruction of Fred Barney Taylor. At the age of 23, she enrolled in New York City College in order to continue her filmmaking education.
Career
Gutiérrez first worked with Super 8, at which she gained experiences in filmmaking in diverse areas. She formed a rap group “Xoxonees” in the late 80s. In 1987 she moved back to Spain for her group to record their album. In 1989 the group disbanded. Since the 1990s she has worked mainly as a director. However, she also acts in her own films.
Direction
Gutiérrez is known for making films with a low budget. For example, she uses hand-held camera shots and natural lighting, and she does not play with different angles but normally uses straight-on angle positions. Other than the fact that its location was New York, she managed to keep costs down in her first film Sublet (1992) by shooting indoors. Sexo Oral (1994) is said to be the cheapest Spanish film ever made. She kept its costs down by interviewing non-professional actors, and not hiring many professional actors.
Her approach to problems about immigration, globalization, and multiculturalism can be frequently seen in her films. Poniente (2002) describes African immigration issues on Spanish identity. As a woman director, she includes a feminist approach in her film as well. In Return to Hansala (2008) she depicts a Moroccan woman as a strong and independent character, who has her own ideas towards immigrant issues and is not scared of speaking of them in public. In addition to that, she plays with the idea of cultural "otherness" by looking at the tensions among society, religious, ethnicity, and history. Representing immigrants issues also ties with politics in the film. The film reflects how North African Muslims are seen as immigrants, and how current politics made them move away from their home land.
