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Alex Phillips
Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 11, 1901Died June 14, 1977 (76 years)
Alex Phillips (January 11, 1901 Renfrew, Ontario – June 14, 1977) was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer.
In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor.
He auditioned with Fox and Paramount Pictures but was unable to obtain a role. He later approached Christie Comedies where he was advised to look for more stable positions in the movie industry and started his career in cinematography and film editing. He received an opportunity when an assistant fell sick and was able to travel to France with the Canadian Official Photography. After Christie Comedies went bankrupt, he was hired by Samuel Goldwyn while he attended evening classes. He received the opportunity of working with Barnes, Edison and Meyer, and learned techniques such as graduations, tridimensional vision and the sense of potential balance. Phillips then began experimenting with lights and camera movements.
He moved to Mexico in 1931 and worked with directors such as Arcady Boytler, Roberto Gavaldón, Julio Bracho and Luis Buñuel. He worked on some of the earliest Mexican movies such as the silent film Santa (1931) where his worked was considered expressionist. He worked in more than 250 movies in Mexico and 150 in the United States including La mujer del puerto (1934), Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (1952 with Luis Buñuel), La Red (1953 with Emilio Fernández). His last film was El castillo de la pureza (1972 with Arturo Ripstein).
In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor.
He auditioned with Fox and Paramount Pictures but was unable to obtain a role. He later approached Christie Comedies where he was advised to look for more stable positions in the movie industry and started his career in cinematography and film editing. He received an opportunity when an assistant fell sick and was able to travel to France with the Canadian Official Photography. After Christie Comedies went bankrupt, he was hired by Samuel Goldwyn while he attended evening classes. He received the opportunity of working with Barnes, Edison and Meyer, and learned techniques such as graduations, tridimensional vision and the sense of potential balance. Phillips then began experimenting with lights and camera movements.
He moved to Mexico in 1931 and worked with directors such as Arcady Boytler, Roberto Gavaldón, Julio Bracho and Luis Buñuel. He worked on some of the earliest Mexican movies such as the silent film Santa (1931) where his worked was considered expressionist. He worked in more than 250 movies in Mexico and 150 in the United States including La mujer del puerto (1934), Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (1952 with Luis Buñuel), La Red (1953 with Emilio Fernández). His last film was El castillo de la pureza (1972 with Arturo Ripstein).
Alex Phillips Filmography
| 1969 |
| 1975 | El cumpleaños del perro · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | The Castle of Purity · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | Night of 1000 Cats · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | The Moderate Doctor · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Remolino de pasiones · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | Memories of the Future · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | Despedida de casada · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | La guerrillera de Villa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | Damiana y los hombres · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Estrategia matrimonio · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | The Female Soldier · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Alazán y enamorado · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Juan Colorado · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Time to Die · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Black Wind · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Of Love and Desire · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | The Rage · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Little Village · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | The Rape of the Sabines · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Geronimo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | For the Love of Mike · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | La caperucita roja · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Ups and Downs · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Ten Days to Tulara · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | La odalisca No. 13 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Música de siempre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | The Last of the Fast Guns · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Sierra Baron · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | El diario de mi madre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Escuela de rateros · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Tizoc · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Adam and Eve · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Untouched · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Robinson Crusoe · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | The Proud and the Beautiful · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Reportaje · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Rossana · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Aventura en Río · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Women Who Work · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Quiero vivir · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Rostros olvidados · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Mujeres sacrificadas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Mexican Bus Ride · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | The Absentee · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Paraíso robado · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Stolen Paradise · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Sensualidad · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | In the Palm of Your Hand · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Deseada · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Mi querido capitán · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Adventuress · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Perdida · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Love Nest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Doña Diabla · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Coquette · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Cortesana · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | May God Forgive Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | The Other One · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | La mujer de todos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Pepita Jiménez · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Tuya en cuerpo y alma · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Twilight · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Amok · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Gran Hotel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Doña Bárbara · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Jalisco, Don't Backslide · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | El secreto del sacerdote · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | I Shall Live Again · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | The Mad Empress · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | La zandunga · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | La paloma · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Wandering Bird · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | The Macabre Trunk · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Celos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Luponini de Chicago · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Cruz Diablo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Juarez and Maximillian · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | The Woman of the Port · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | The Tiger of Yautepec · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Santa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1926 | The Nervous Wreck · as Director Of Photography |
| 1926 | Up in Mabel's Room · as Director Of Photography |