Teodoro Escamilla

Teodoro Escamilla (born October 23, 1940 in Seville , † December 21, 1997 in Cuba ) was a Spanish cameraman.

Life

Teodoro Escamilla, often also called Teo Escamilla, first worked as a photo reporter, then as a cameraman for television and came to the cinema in the mid-1960s. For several years he worked as assistant to the cameraman Luis Cuadrado before he took on responsibility as chief cameraman. Between 1975 and 1988 he photographed almost all films by director Carlos Saura , the most famous and most innovative Spanish director of those years. Escamilla died at the age of 57 while making a film that would also have been his directorial debut.

Filmography (selection)

1975: raise ravens ...
1977: Elisa, my life ( Elisa ma vida )
1977: Memories of Paulina ( In memoriam )
1977: Conversations with Max ( Las palabras de Max )
1977: Forty years after Granada ( A un dios desconocido )
1978: The heart of the forest ( El corazon del bosque )
1978: Blindfolded ( Los ojos vendados )

1979: Mama turns 100 (Mamá cumple cien años)

1980: An Impossible Love ( El nido )

1980: go ahead! ( Deprisa, deprisa )

1981: Blood Wedding ( Bodas de sangre )

1981: Tender Hours ( Dulces horas )

1982: Antonieta

1983: Carmen

1984: One hell of a summer ( Un été d'enfer )

1984: On the Line ( Rio abajo )

1984: Pablo's transformation ( Feroz! )

1984: Time of Illusion ( Los zancos )

1986: Love spell ( El amor brujo )

1988: Berlin Blues

1988: El Dorado - Greed for gold ( El Dorado )

1991: Don Quixote ( El Quixote )

1997: Havana - City of Our Dreams ( Cosas que deje en la Habana )

Web links

Teodoro Escamilla 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. 580.

personal data
SURNAME	Escamilla, Teodoro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Escamilla, Teo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	spanish cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seville
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1997
Place of death	Cuba

[1] 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. 580.