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Sebastian Gutiérrez
Born (1974-09-10) September 10, 1974 (age 50)
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active 1994–present
Partner(s) Carla Gugino
(1996–present)

Sebastián Gutiérrez (born September 10, 1974) is a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the screenplays to the films Gothika, Snakes on a Plane, The Eye and The Big Bounce, and wrote and directed two independent ensemble comedies, Women in Trouble and Elektra Luxx.

Gutiérrez has also won the Critics' Award at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac for his directorial debut Judas Kiss.

In 2019, the Cinemax series Jett he created premiered, and he also wrote, directed as well as executive produced all of its episodes.

Career

Gutiérrez wrote and directed one of the first motion pictures made expressly for internet distribution, the ensemble crime comedy Girl Walks into a Bar, starring Carla Gugino, Rosario Dawson, Robert Forster, Danny DeVito, Josh Hartnett and Alexis Bledel, among others. Gutiérrez cowrote a song for the film, "Only Bad Can Come", with composer Grant Lee Phillips.

As a screenwriter, he has written Gothika, Snakes on a Plane, The Eye, The Big Bounce and Hotel Noir.

He has written and directed two independent female-driven ensemble comedies, Women in Trouble and Elektra Luxx, revolving around a group of Los Angeles women. The two movies are part of a trilogy with the third movie already announced, Women In Ecstasy. .....

He is also the creator of the Cinemax crime drama TV series Jett, as well as the writer, director and executive producer of all of its episodes, which debuted in 2019 and stars Carla Gugino as the title character, a skilled ex-professional thief named Daisy "Jett" Kowalski.

Recurring actors

Gutiérrez usually works with a revolving company of actors which include:

  • Carla Gugino, who plays the lead in many of Gutierrez's films (Judas Kiss, She Creature, Women in Trouble, Elektra Luxx, Girl Walks into a Bar, Hotel Noir, Elizabeth Harvest, Jett, Leopard Skin)
  • Robert Forster plays roles in Rise: Blood Hunter, Girl Walks into a Bar, Hotel Noir
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt has roles in Women in Trouble, Elektra Luxx
  • Simon Baker stars in Judas Kiss, Women in Trouble
  • Danny DeVito stars in Girl Walks into a Bar, Hotel Noir
  • Gil Bellows plays roles in Judas Kiss, She Creature, Girl Walks into a Bar, Jett
  • Emmanuelle Chriqui stars in Women in Trouble, Elektra Luxx, Girl Walks into a Bar
  • Rosario Dawson stars in Girl Walks into a Bar, Hotel Noir
  • Gaite Jansen stars in Jett, Leopard Skin
  • Gentry White has roles in Jett, Leopard Skin
  • Rufus Sewell stars in She Creature, Hotel Noir

Personal life

In 1996, Gutiérrez began a relationship with his collaborator, actress Carla Gugino. .....

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1998 Judas Kiss Yes Yes No
2003 Gothika No Yes No
2004 The Big Bounce No Yes No
2006 Snakes on a Plane No Yes No
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter Yes Yes No
2008 The Eye No Yes No
2009 Women in Trouble Yes Yes Yes
Master of None Yes Yes Yes
2010 Tell-Tale No Yes No
Elektra Luxx Yes Yes Yes
2011 Girl Walks into a Bar Yes Yes Yes
2012 Hotel Noir Yes Yes Yes
2018 Elizabeth Harvest Yes Yes No

Executive producer

  • 3 Days in Havana (2013)

Television

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer
Notes
2001 She Creature Yes Yes No TV movie
2004 Karen Sisco No Yes No Episode "Dog Day Sisco" (Unaired)
2019 Jett Yes Yes Yes 9 episodes
2022 Leopard Skin Yes Yes Yes 8 episodes

Acting roles

Year Title Role
1994 The Upstairs Neighbor Eric
1995 Toughguy Eric Espinoza
1996 Wedding Bell Blues Gustavo

Awards and nominations

  • Won – 1999 Critics Award for Judas Kiss // Cognac Festival du Film Policier, France
  • Nominated – 1999 Grand Prix for Judas Kiss // Paris Film Festival, France
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