Sara Gómez date of birth:

1943

How old was Sara Gómez when died?

31

Where was Sara Gómez born?

Havana, Cuba

When did Sara Gómez die?

June 2, 1974

What is Sara Gómez nationality?

Cuban

What is Sara Gómez's occupation?

Film Director

Short Biography

Sara Gómez (November 8, 1942 – June 2, 1974) was a Cuban filmmaker. Brought up in a middle-class black family in Havana, she studied literature, piano and Afro-Cuban ethnography. She worked as a journalist before joining the newly-formed ICAIC in 1961, where she subsequently served as assistant director to Jorge Fraga and Tomas Gutierrez Alea, as well as to the visiting French director Agnes Varda. One of only two black filmmakers at ICAIC at the time, and for several years its only woman director, Gomez made a series of documentary shorts on assigned topics before directing her first feature.