German Gutierrez (director)
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German Gutierrez | |
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| Years active | 1998-present |
| Known for | Co-directing the film Falardeau |
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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]