José Luis Alcaine

José Luis Alcaine

J. Luis Alcaine

Birth Date

12/26/1938 (87)

Birth Place

Tangier, Morocco

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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 Wikipedia article José Luis Alcaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Camera

Gender

Male

Total Credits

28

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Frequent Collaborators

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar

20 films together

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

6 films together

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

7 films together

Bigas Luna

Bigas Luna

6 films together

Alberto Iglesias

Alberto Iglesias

8 films together

Hugh Wilson

Hugh Wilson

4 films together

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