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Gabriel Figueroa is a Director of Photography and Cinematography Mexicain born on 24 april 1907 at Mexico City (Mexique)
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood.
His mother died after giving birth to him. His father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography.
Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where the established director of photography Gregg Toland taught Figueroa.
Back in Mexico, his first film was Fernando de Fuentes's Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936) which would become one of the most popular films in Mexico and Latin America, and gave him his first award at the Venice Film Festival. He filmed 235 movies over 50 years, including Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and Río Escondido by Emilio Fernández.
One of his main collaborators was Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in México.
(1964)
(Director of Photography)
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Gabriel Figueroa
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Nationality Mexique
Birth 24 april 1907 at Mexico City (Mexique)
Death 27 april 1997 (at 90 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)
Birth 24 april 1907 at Mexico City (Mexique)
Death 27 april 1997 (at 90 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)
His mother died after giving birth to him. His father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography.
Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where the established director of photography Gregg Toland taught Figueroa.
Back in Mexico, his first film was Fernando de Fuentes's Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936) which would become one of the most popular films in Mexico and Latin America, and gave him his first award at the Venice Film Festival. He filmed 235 movies over 50 years, including Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and Río Escondido by Emilio Fernández.
One of his main collaborators was Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in México.
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Under the Volcano (1984)
, 1h52Directed by John Huston, Danny Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, Ignacio López Tarso, James Villiers
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Cuernavaca, capitale de l'État de Morelos au Mexique, le 1er novembre 1938 traditionnel jour des Morts, fêté en grande liesse par toute la population locale. Geoffrey Firmin, ancien consul britannique, qui a (été) démissionné de sa fonction, déambule, copieusement imbibé, de cantinas en cervecerias, de souvenirs en palabres, parmi l'étrange liesse mortuaire. Son épouse a quitté le Mexique, depuis presque une année. Ils semblent désormais, d'après un vague courrier d'avocat, officiellement divorcés. Anis, brandy, tequila, whisky, mezcal (la boisson des damnés), la brûlure de l'alcool lui permet d'oublier cet invivable abandon et de survivre à sa déchéance, (« les tremblements, voilà ce qui rend cette vie insupportable. Mais ils s'apaisent, si on s'y prend bien, avec la nécessaire lampée, la dose thérapeutique »).
At a Lame Pace (1980)
Directed by Luis Alcoriza
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Noé Murayama, Gabriel Retes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
, 2h6Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Anthony Quinn, Lupita Ferrer, Katy Jurado, Dolores del Río, Stathis Giallelis, Héctor Bonilla
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
, 2h6Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Anthony Quinn, Lupita Ferrer, Katy Jurado, Helena Rojo, Dolores del Río, Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Divinas palabras (1978)
, 1h36Themes Films based on plays
Actors Silvia Pinal, Mario Almada, Rita Macedo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Mari Gaila (Silvia Pinal), is an adulteress who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs and other misshapen beings, in a rare box at a country and a vague time. Her husband, is a poor sacristan who agrees with other relatives to do business with the display of his orphaned nephew, a mentally retarded dwarf. Caught in committing adultery with her lover, Mari Gaila is caged naked and punished by the people.
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
, 1h53Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Alberto Morin, Armando Silvestre, Manolo Fábregas, Ada Carrasco
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
A drifter named Hogan spots and saves a naked woman from being gang-raped by several bandits whom he shoots and kills. He later learns that the woman, Sara, is a nun working with a group of Mexican revolutionaries who are fighting the French. When Sara requests that Hogan take her to a Mexican camp, he agrees because he had previously arranged to help the Mexican revolutionaries attack the French garrison in exchange for a portion of the garrison's strongbox if they are successful.
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
, 2h24Directed by John Landis, Andrew Marton, Brian G. Hutton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin MacLeod
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
During a thunderstorm in early September 1944, units of the 35th Infantry Division are nearing the town of Nancy, France. One of the division's mechanized reconnaissance platoons receives orders to hold their position while under counterattack from the Germans; the out-numbered platoon are also on the receiving end of mortar fire from their own side.
The Phantom Gunslinger (1970)
Directed by Albert Zugsmith
Genres Horror, Western
Actors Troy Donahue, Sabrina, Emilio Fernández, Carlos Rivas, Germán Horacio Robles, Pedro Armendáriz (fils)
Roles Director of Photography
Rating39%
Directed by Luis Alcoriza, Ismael Rodríguez, Chano Urueta
Genres Horror
Actors Armando Silvestre, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado, Chano Urueta, Raúl Meraz
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The Big Cube (1969)
, 1h38Directed by Tito Davison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Lana Turner, George Chakiris, Dan O'Herlihy, Richard Egan, Pamela Rodgers, Víctor Junco
Roles Director of Photography
Rating43%
Adriana Roman (Lana Turner), a successful stage actress, retires to marry Charles Winthrop (Daniel O'Herlihy), a wealthy tycoon. Winthrop's daughter, Lisa (Karin Mossberg), is instantly distrustful of Adriana solely because she is "the other woman" taking her father's affection.
Your Excellency (1967)
, 2h13Directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Cantinflas, Tito Junco, Jack Kelly, Carlos Riquelme, Alberto Galán, Victorio Blanco
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Lopez (known affectionately as "Lopitos" to the Ambassador's secretary), a bureaucrat from the Latin American "Republica De Los Cocos" (a play on the term "banana republic") who is stationed in the embassy of the Communist bloc country "Pepeslavia" (a play on words of Joseph Stalin, the nickname for Joseph in Spanish (José) is "Pepe", and the inflection "-slavia" of Slavic peoples under the rule of the USSR).
Pedro Paramo (1967)
, 1h50Directed by Carlos Velo
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa, Beatriz Sheridan, Rosa Furman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
Escuela para solteras (1965)
Directed by Miguel Zacarías
Genres Comedy
Actors Sara García, Antonio Aguilar, Amador Bendayán, Javier Solis, Fanny Cano, Flor Silvestre
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Simon of the Desert (1965)
, 45minutesDirected by Luis Buñuel
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Themes Le désert
Actors Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Antonio Bravo, Glauber Rocha
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
Simón, the son of Simeon Stylites, has lived for 6 years, 6 weeks and 6 days atop an eight-meter pillar in the middle of the desert, praying for spiritual purification. A congregation of priests and peasants salute him and offer him a brand new pillar to stand on and carry on his mission. He comes down from the pillar and is offered the priesthood, but refuses because he considers himself unworthy, and forsakes his aging mother for the love of God before climbing up his new pillar. He heals an amputee missing both hands, whose first use of them is to slap his child. But the congregation quickly departs unimpressed, leaving Simón alone.
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
, 2h5Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon, Cyril Delevanti, Grayson Hall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
The preface to the story shows Episcopal priest Reverend Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon (Richard Burton) having a "nervous breakdown" after being ostracized by his congregation for having an inappropriate relationship in Virginia with "a very young Sunday school teacher."