Gabriel Figueroa
Gabriel Figueroa (born April 24, 1907 in Mexico City , † April 27, 1997 there ) was a Mexican cameraman .
Life
Gabriel Figueroa came to film as a still photographer in the early 1930s, soon afterwards became a cameraman and worked for some time as assistant to cameraman Gregg Toland in the USA. After returning to his homeland, Figueroa became head cameraman and photographed numerous films by the most famous Mexican directors of the time, Luis Buñuel and Emilio Fernández . In addition, he also worked on numerous second-rate melodramas, adventure films and westerns. Figueroa was valued above all for his landscape photographs and depictions of faces.
In 1949 he won a Golden Globe Award for the film Mexican Romance . He was nominated for an Oscar in 1965 for his work on The Night of the Iguana . In the course of his career, he was awarded a Premio Ariel nine times . In 1987 Figueroa received the Mexican Ariel de Oro Film Award for his life's work.
In 1995 Figueroa was honored with the International Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers .
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: Allá en el Rancho Grande
- 1941: La gallina clueca
- 1942: Cuando viajan las estrellas
- 1942: El circo
- 1942: El verdugo de Sevilla
- 1942: La Virgen que forjó una patria
- 1943: Flor Silvestre
- 1943: Maria Candelaria
- 1947: Command of Conscience ( The Fugitive )
- 1947: Mexican Romance ( The Pearl )
- 1948: Paid Nights ( Salon Mexico )
- 1948: The black corsair ( Il corsario negro )
- 1948: Maclovia
- 1948: Rio Escondido
- 1949: The mistress of Soto ( La malquerida )
- 1949: Paloma ( Nosotros dos )
- 1950: The Forgotten ( Los olvidados )
- 1950: Rebels of the Black Mountains ( The torch )
- 1950: Forbidden Street ( Victimas del pecado )
- 1953: He ( Él )
- 1954: The witcher of Santa Cruz ( El rebozo de soledad )
- 1954: In the clutches of Satan ( Cuano levanta la niebla )
- 1954: Rebellion of the hanged ( La rebelión de los colgados )
- 1956: Canasta ( Canasta de cuentos mexicanos )
- 1956: The Rebel Bride ( La escondida )
- 1959: Nazarin
- 1959: I sell myself for him ( La Fièvre monte à El Pao )
- 1959: Storm over Mexico (La cucaracha)
- 1960: The young girl ( The Young One )
- 1961: The Damned of the Rio Grande ( Juana Gallo )
- 1962: The Strangler Angel ( El ángel exterminador )
- 1963: The Night of the Iguana ( The Night of the Iguana )
- 1965: Simon in the desert ( Simon del desierto )
- 1968: Metered Murder ( The Big Cube )
- 1969: Two Mules for Sister Sara ( Two Mules for Sister Sara )
- 1969: Assault Troop Gold ( Kelly's Heroes )
- 1974: Tequila Sunrise ( Once Upon a Scoundrel )
- 1977: The Pelican House ( La casa del pelicano )
- 1979: The Children of Sanchez ( The Children of Sanchez )
- 1980: Hot Border USA ( The Border )
- 1984: Under the Volcano (Under the Volcano)
Web links
- Gabriel Figueroa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 674.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Figueroa, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1997 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |