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José Luis Alcaine
Cinematographer

José Luis Alcaine

Born December 26, 1938 Tangier, Morocco
7 films

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.

The Queen of Spain (2016) movie poster
The Queen of Spain2016
Everybody Knows (2018) movie poster
Everybody Knows2018
Domino (2019) movie poster
Domino2019
Pain and Glory (2019) movie poster
Pain and Glory2019
So My Grandma's a Lesbian! (2020) movie poster
So My Grandma's a Lesbian!2020
The Human Voice (2020) movie poster
The Human Voice2020
Strange Way of Life (2023) movie poster
Strange Way of Life2023