Camera · b. 1938 · Tangier, Morocco

José Luis Alcaine

Biography

José Luis Alcaine Escaño (born 26 December 1938) is a Spanish cinematographer. Educated in Tangier, he was the first cinematographer to use a fluorescent tube as key lighting in the 1970s. He has worked on films such as Belle Époque (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1993), Two Much (1995), Blast from the Past (1999), and The Skin I Live In (2011). He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver, and has received five Goya Awards for best cinematography. In February 2019, he received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes. Description above from the ...

Cinematography
The Delights of the Garden 2025 Strange Way of Life 2023 Speak Sunlight 2023 Parallel Mothers 2021 Cuidado con lo que deseas 2021 So My Grandma's a Lesbian! 2020 The Human Voice 2020 Pain and Glory 2019 Domino 2019 Everybody Knows 2018 Wild Oats 2016 The Queen of Spain 2016 Passion 2013 I'm So Excited! 2013 La banda Picasso 2013 The Skin I Live In 2011 My Life in Ruins 2009 Theresa: The Body of Christ 2007 Lolita's Club 2007 The 13 Roses 2007 Volver 2006 The Maidens' Conspiracy 2006 Blame 2006 Vida y color 2005 The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni 2005 Bad Education 2004 The Whore and the Whale 2004 Roma 2004 South from Granada 2003 The Dancer Upstairs 2002 Antonio, a boy in Lisbon 2002 Ruy Blas 2002 Blast from the Past 1999 The Lost Lover 1999 Don Juan 1998 Gunslinger's Revenge 1998 My Brother's Gun 1997 Más allá del jardín 1996 Freedomfighters 1996 Confidencias 1996 Two Much 1995 The Tit and the Moon 1994 Turkish Passion 1994 Golden Balls 1993 Intruso 1993 Jamon Jamon 1992 Belle Époque 1992 Lovers: A True Story 1991 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1990 Ay, Carmela! 1990 Twisted Obsession 1989 The Sea and the Weather 1989 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free 1988 Lute: Forge On or Die 1987 Casanova 1987 Mambru Went to War 1986 Half of Heaven 1986 Hay que deshacer la casa 1986 Star Knight 1985 La reina del mate 1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody 1985 The Lost Paradise 1985 Akelarre 1984 El Sur 1983 Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado 1983 Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos 1983 Murder in the Central Committee 1982 Bésame, tonta 1982 Per favore, occupati di Amelia 1981 The Triple Death of the Third Character 1981 La campanada 1980 Girl with the Golden Panties 1980 From Hell to Victory 1979 Gulliver 1979 Marián 1979 Soldados 1978 Red Gold 1978 Stay as You Are 1978 Let's Go, Barbara 1978 God Bless Each Corner of This House 1977 María, la santa 1977 Goodbye Alicia 1977 Songs for After a War 1976 Who Can Kill a Child? 1976 School Trip 1976 Family Portrait 1976 A Diary of a Murderess 1975 Sensualidad 1975 The Devil's Exorcist 1975 País S. A. 1975 Pepita Jiménez 1975 I Saw Her First 1974 ¿... Y el prójimo? 1974 El niño es nuestro 1973 The Lonely Heart 1973 El cronicón 1970 Paseo por los letreros de Madrid 1968 Tinto con amor 1968 Javier y los invasores del espacio 1967 Los buenos samaritanos 1966 Carmen de Carabanchel 1965
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