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name: "Leo Brouwer"
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fi1m_id: "leo-brouwer"
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tmdb_id: 1173081
wikidata_id: "Q454933"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 March 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:41:56.780876+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Leo Brouwer

## Identity

Leo Brouwer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leo-brouwer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leo-brouwer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005977
- **TMDB ID:** 1173081
- **Wikidata ID:** Q454933
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Brouwer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173081

Composer. Born 1 March 1939 in Havana.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 March 1939, Havana
- **Also known as:** Leo Brower
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Brouwer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173081

## Biography

Leo Brouwer is a Cuban composer, classical guitarist and conductor. Born in Havana in 1939, he studied composition at the Juilliard School and Hartt College of Music before returning to Cuba, where he became director of the music department at the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC).

He has written scores for more than sixty films, including several by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea such as *Death of a Bureaucrat* (1966) and *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968). His international credits include *Like Water for Chocolate* (1992). Brouwer is also noted for his extensive body of work for solo guitar and orchestra.

*Sources: imdb.com, criterion.com, nl.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Silvio Rodríguez, ojalá* (2012), Actor
- *Mátame mucho* (1998), Music
- *Like Water for Chocolate* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Visa U.S.A.* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *A Time to Die* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Jíbaro* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Up to a Certain Point* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Melgar, el poeta insurgente* (1982), Music
- *Alsino and the Condor* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Beloved* (1982), Music
- *The Widow of Montiel* (1979), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Survivors* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Recourse to the Method* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *(Alias) El Rey del Joropo* (1978), Music
- *Mina, viento de libertad* (1977), Music
- *Destino Manifiesto* (1977), Music
- *My Brother, Fidel* (1977), Music
- *Cantata de Chile* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Supper* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *One Day in November* (1976), Music
- *The First Delegate* (1975), Music Arranger
- *The Man from Maisinicu* (1973), Music
- *And Heaven Was Taken by Storm* (1973), Music
- *A Cuban Fight Against Demons* (1972), Music
- *Take-Off at 18:00 Hours* (1969), Music
- *Hanoi, Tuesday 13th* (1969), Music
- *The First Charge of the Machete* (1969), Music
- *Lucía* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)
- *LBJ* (1968), Music
- *The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin* (1967), Music
- *The Forgotten War* (1967), Music
- *Death of a Bureaucrat* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Gold of Cuba* (1965), Music
- *Vaqueros del Cauto* (1965), Music
- *El joven rebelde* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Stories of the Revolution* (1960), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Leo Brouwer](https://film.one/media/person/3914590/gallery-24bdab48f1a3.jpg) Leo Brouwer — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Juan_Leovigildo_Brouwer_Mesquida_with_guitar.jpg/1280px-Juan_Leovigildo_Brouwer_Mesquida_with_guitar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maestro Leo Brouwer dirigiendo (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/3914590/gallery-acb172c2a689.jpg) Maestro Leo Brouwer dirigiendo (2011) — Gabriel Guerra Biancini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/FotoBrouwer2011Bianchini-1.jpg/1280px-FotoBrouwer2011Bianchini-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![International Guitarfestival, Havana Leon and Leo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3914590/gallery-dcc719e4a47d.jpg) International Guitarfestival, Havana Leon and Leo (2012) — Leo_Brouwer_in_Havana.JPG: Georg.Erlich
derivative work: Mario Link, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Leo_Brouwer_in_Havana-2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Prize Tomás Luis de Victoria 2010: Prize Tomás Luis de Victoria (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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