José Ortiz Ramos

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José Ortiz Ramos (born November 16, 1911 in Tacámbaro , Michoacánin , † December 16, 2009 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican cameraman .

Life

Ortiz Ramos began working as a camera assistant in Mexican film production in the late 1930s. In 1940 he became chief cameraman and by 1992 made almost 250 films of all genres, including some classics of Mexican cinema. He worked twice with Luis Buñuel . He was nominated four times for the Premio Ariel , for El camiño de la vida (1956), La casta divina (1977), Toña Machetes (1985) and for El Maleficio II (1986).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1942: Canto a las Américas
  • 1945: La última aventura de Chaflán
  • 1950: The Arm of Evil (My Outlaw Brother)
  • 1951: Susanna - daughter of vice (Susana)
  • 1951: The Daughter of Lies (La hija del engano)
  • 1956: Covered up in a newspaper (El camiño de la vida)
  • 1958: The avenger does not sleep (Joaquin Murrieta)
  • 1962: Superman against Vampires (El Santo contra las mujeres vampiro)
  • 1974: The death song of the steel chains (Peor que los buitres)
  • 1977: The little privileges (Los pequeños privilegios)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Obituary on enmemoria.com (Spanish)