German Gutierrez is a Colombian-Canadian documentary film and television director based in Montreal, Quebec.Samuel Larochelle, "Carmen Garcia and German Gutierrez: Four decades of creative harmony". Canada Media Fund, August 4, 2022. He is most noted as co-director with his wife, Carmen Garcia, of the 2012 documentary film Falardeau,André Duchesne, "Falardeau : un homme debout". La Presse, October 20, 2010. which was the winner of the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011."Incendies sweeps Jutra Awards". CBC News, March 14, 2011.
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?).Marc-André Lussier, "C.R.A.Z.Y. et Maurice Richard mènent la course". La Presse, February 8, 2006.
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,John Griffin, "A sad, sad, story of brotherly love for a conflicted country". Montreal Gazette, December 9, 2005. and was the winner of the Radio-Canada People's Choice Award at the 2005 Festival du nouveau cinéma."FNC honours documentary". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2005.
His other directorial credits have included the television documentary series Insectia,Jim Bawden, "A man smitten and bitten by love bugs ; Collector brings passion for critters to Insectia". Toronto Star, February 10, 2001. and the film The Coca-Cola Case,Jay Stone, "The Coca-Cola Case; Film's accusation of complicity in union killings draws fire from soft-drink giant". Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2010. 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,"Complete list of Gemini winners". Toronto Star, November 8, 1999. 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.Janet Smith, "Vancouver Latin American Film Festival to spotlight Cuba's Pavel Giroud, Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, and more, September 7 to 17". Stir, August 17, 2023.
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