José Luis Alcaine
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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.
Known for
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movieThe Delights of the Garden
2025
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movieSpeak Sunlight
2023
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movieStrange Way of Life
2023
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movieCuidado con lo que deseas
2021
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movieParallel Mothers
2021
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Glow and Darkness
2021
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movieSo My Grandma's a Lesbian!
2020
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movieThe Human Voice
2020
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movieDomino
2019
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moviePain and Glory
2019
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movieEverybody Knows
2018
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movieThe Queen of Spain
2016
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movieWild Oats
2016
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movieFinding Altamira
2016
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movieI'm So Excited!
2013
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moviePassion
2013
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movieLa banda Picasso
2013
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movieThe Skin I Live In
2011
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movieMy Life in Ruins
2009
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tvMartes de Carnaval
2009
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movieLolita's Club
2007
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movieThe 13 Roses
2007
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movieTheresa: The Body of Christ
2007
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movieBlame
2006
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movieThe Maidens' Conspiracy
2006
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movieVolver
2006
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movieVida y color
2005
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movieThe Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
2005
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movieRoma
2004
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movieThe Whore and the Whale
2004
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movieBad Education
2004
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movieSouth from Granada
2003
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movieRuy Blas
2002
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movieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002
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movieAntonio, a Boy in Lisbon
2002
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movieThe Lost Lover
1999
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movieBlast from the Past
1999
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movieGunslinger's Revenge
1998
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movieDon Juan
1998
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movieMy Brother's Gun
1997
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movieMás allá del jardín
1996
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movieFreedomfighters
1996
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movieConfidencias
1996
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movieTwo Much
1995
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movieTurkish Passion
1994
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movieThe Tit and the Moon
1994
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movieGolden Balls
1993
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movieIntruso
1993
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tvCuentos de Borges
1993
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movieBelle Époque
1992
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movieJamon Jamon
1992
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movieLovers: A True Story
1991
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movieAy, Carmela!
1990
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movieTie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
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movieTwisted Obsession
1989
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movieThe Sea and the Weather
1989
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movieEl Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free
1988
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movieWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
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movieLute: Forge On or Die
1987
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movieCasanova
1987
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movieVoyage to Nowhere
1986
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movieHalf of Heaven
1986
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movieHay que deshacer la casa
1986
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movieMambru Went to War
1986
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movieStar Knight
1985
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movieRustlers' Rhapsody
1985
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movieLa reina del mate
1985
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movieThe Lost Paradise
1985
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movieAkelarre
1984
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movieEl caso Almería
1984
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movieDespués de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
1983
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movieDespués de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
1983
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movieEl Sur
1983
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movieMurder in the Central Committee
1982
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movieBésame, tonta
1982
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movieThe Triple Death of the Third Character
1981
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moviePer favore, occupati di Amelia
1981
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movieLa campanada
1980
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movieGirl with the Golden Panties
1980
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movieGulliver
1979
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movieFrom Hell to Victory
1979
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movieMarián
1979
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movieSoldados
1978
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movieLet's Go, Barbara
1978
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movieStay as You Are
1978
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movieRed Gold
1978
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movieGod Bless Each Corner of This House
1977
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movieGoodbye Alicia
1977
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movieMaría, la santa
1977
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movieSchool Trip
1976
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movieFamily Portrait
1976
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movieWho Can Kill a Child?
1976
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movieSongs for After a War
1976
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moviePaís S. A.
1975
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movieA Diary of a Murderess
1975
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movieSensualidad
1975
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movieThe Devil's Exorcist
1975
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movieBride to Be
1975
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movie¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
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movieI Saw Her First
1974
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movieThe Lonely Heart
1973
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movieEl niño es nuestro
1973
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tvPlinio
1972
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movieEl cronicón
1970
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moviePaseo por los letreros de Madrid
1968
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movieTinto con amor
1968
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movieActeón
1967
Still Photographer
movieJavier y los invasores del espacio
1967
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movieNine Letters to Berta
1966
Still Photographer
movieLos buenos samaritanos
1966
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movieCarmen de Carabanchel
1965
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movieAnabel
1964
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movieAdam's Perfection
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El sastre del rey
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Crew6
movieNobody's Life
2002
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movieDancing Machine
1990
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movieMisadventure
1988
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movieThe Court of the Pharaoh
1985
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movieTasio
1984
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