Santiago Álvarez Román (March 8, 1919 – May 20, 1998) was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed many documentaries about Cuban and American culture. His "nervous montage" technique of using "found materials," such as Hollywood movie clips, cartoons, and photographs, is considered a precursor to the modern video clip.
Filmography (48 movies)
7.3
7.3
El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución
2013
as Santiago Alvarez
7.0
7.0
Hasta la Victoria Siempre
1967
Director
6.4
6.4
The Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...
1973
Writer
6.3
6.3
Hanoi, Tuesday 13th
1969
Writer
6.2
6.2
Now!
1965
Director
6.1
6.1
79 Springs
1969
Director
6.0
6.0
Towards Unity and Victory
1937
6.0
6.0
And Heaven Was Taken by Storm
1973
Director
5.7
5.7
Rocha Que Voa
2002
as Self (voice)
5.7
5.7
LBJ
1968
Director
5.3
5.3
Muerte al invasor
1962
Director
5.2
5.2
Cerro Pelado
1966
Director
5.2
5.2
My Brother, Fidel
1977
Writer
5.0
5.0
Coarse Salt
1984
as Horacio
5.0
5.0
Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez
1999
as Himself
5.0
5.0
The Servant's Dream
1970
Director
5.0
5.0
The First Delegate
1975
Writer
5.0
5.0
I Am a Son of America
1972
Director
5.0
5.0
The Forgotten War
1967
Director
5.0
5.0
Cyclone
1964
Director
5.0
5.0
¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?
1971
Director
5.0
5.0
April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat
1975
Director
5.0
5.0
The Necessary War
1980
Director
2.0
2.0
El Tomate
1959
Producer
Memória Cubana
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Los Ojos de Santiago
TBA
El octubre de todos
1977
Writer
Biografía de un carnaval
1983
Director
Historia de una Plaza
1989
Director
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano No. 466: Celebration of the VI Amateur World Series in the Dominican Republic. Cuba-USA Final.
1969
Director
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422
1968
Director
[Opening speech for the retrospective “Cuban Documentary Film”] [excerpt]