Manuel Pérez

Manuel Pérez Paredes was born in Havana on 19 November 1939 and in 1959 was among the founders of the Cuban film institute. A director and screenwriter, he also made Río Negro, special prize at the Moscow festival in 1977, and Páginas del diario de Mauricio in 2006. From 1988 to 1992 he headed one of the institute's creative groups. Winner of the national cinema prize in 2013, he died in Havana on 6 November 2025, aged eighty-five.

In the catalogue 1

• Feature filmThe Man from MaisinicuEl hombre de MaisinicúManuel Pérez · 1973Cinema