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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-12-26 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

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). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alcaine and the second or maternal family name is Escaño. He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver, and has received five Goya Awards for best cinematography.

Known For

Acting

2024

2014

Camera

2023

Strange Way of Life as Director of Photography
Speak Sunlight as Director of Photography

2021

Parallel Mothers as Director of Photography

2020

So My Grandma's a Lesbian! as Director of Photography
The Human Voice as Director of Photography

2019

Pain and Glory as Director of Photography
Domino as Director of Photography

2018

Everybody Knows as Director of Photography

2016

Wild Oats as Director of Photography
The Queen of Spain as Director of Photography

2013

Passion as Director of Photography
I'm So Excited! as Director of Photography
La banda Picasso as Director of Photography

2011

The Skin I Live In as Director of Photography

2009

My Life in Ruins as Director of Photography

2007

Theresa: The Body of Christ as Director of Photography
Lolita's Club as Director of Photography
The 13 Roses as Director of Photography

2006

Volver as Director of Photography
The Maidens' Conspiracy as Director of Photography
Blame as Director of Photography

2005

Vida y color as Director of Photography
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni as Director of Photography

2004

Bad Education as Director of Photography
The Whore and the Whale as Director of Photography
Roma as Director of Photography

2003

South from Granada as Director of Photography

2002

The Dancer Upstairs as Director of Photography
Antonio, a boy in Lisbon as Director of Photography
Ruy Blas as Director of Photography

1999

Blast from the Past as Director of Photography
The Lost Lover as Director of Photography

1998

Don Juan as Director of Photography
Gunslinger's Revenge as Director of Photography

1996

Más allá del jardín as Director of Photography
Freedomfighters as Director of Photography
Confidencias as Director of Photography

1995

Two Much as Director of Photography

1994

The Tit & the Moon as Director of Photography
Turkish Passion as Director of Photography

1993

Golden Balls as Director of Photography
Intruso as Director of Photography
Cuentos de Borges as Director of Photography

1992

Jamon Jamon as Director of Photography
Belle Époque as Director of Photography

1991

Lovers: A True Story as Director of Photography

1990

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Director of Photography
Ay, Carmela! as Director of Photography

1988

El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free as Director of Photography

1987

Lute: Forge On or Die as Director of Photography
Casanova as Director of Photography

1986

Mambru Went to War as Director of Photography
Half of Heaven as Director of Photography
Hay que deshacer la casa as Director of Photography

1985

Star Knight as Director of Photography
La reina del mate as Director of Photography
Rustlers' Rhapsody as Director of Photography
The Lost Paradise as Director of Photography

1984

Akelarre as Director of Photography

1983

El Sur as Director of Photography

1982

Murder in the Central Committee as Director of Photography
Bésame, tonta as Director of Photography

1981

Per favore, occupati di Amelia as Director of Photography

1980

La campanada as Director of Photography
Girl with the Golden Panties as Director of Photography

1979

From Hell to Victory as Director of Photography
Gulliver as Director of Photography
The Triple Death of the Third Character as Director of Photography
Marián as Director of Photography

1978

Soldados as Director of Photography
Red Gold as Director of Photography
Stay As You Are as Director of Photography
Let's Go, Barbara as Director of Photography

1977

God Bless Each Corner of This House as Director of Photography
María, la santa as Director of Photography
Goodbye Alicia as Director of Photography

1976

Songs for After a War as Director of Photography
Who Can Kill a Child? as Director of Photography
School Trip as Director of Photography
Family Portrait as Director of Photography

1975

A Diary of a Murderess as Director of Photography
Sensualidad as Director of Photography
Devil's Exorcist as Director of Photography
País S. A. as Director of Photography
Pepita Jiménez as Director of Photography

1974

I Saw Her First as Director of Photography
¿... Y el prójimo? as Director of Photography

1973

El niño es nuestro as Director of Photography
Corazón solitario as Director of Photography

1972

Plinio as Director of Photography

1970

El cronicón as Director of Photography

1968

Paseo por los letreros de Madrid as Director of Photography
Tinto con amor as Director of Photography

1967

Javier y los invasores del espacio as Director of Photography
Acteón as Still Photographer

1966

Nine Letters to Berta as Still Photographer
Los buenos samaritanos as Director of Photography

1965

Carmen de Carabanchel as Director of Photography

1964

Anabel as Still Photographer

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Adam's Perfection as Director of Photography
Glow and Darkness as Director of Photography

Crew

1988

Misadventure as Cinematography

1986

Voyage to Nowhere as Cinematography

1985

The Court of the Pharaoh as Cinematography

1984

Tasio as Cinematography

1969