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Gabriel Figueroa
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Born April 24, 1907Died April 27, 1997 (90 years)
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.
Gabriel Figueroa Filmography
| 2008 | The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel · as Self |
| 1986 | El maleficio II · as Cinematographer |
| 1984 | Under the Volcano · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | El corazón de la noche · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Mundo mágico · as Cinematographer |
| 1983 | México 2000 · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | D.F./Distrito Federal · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Histoires extraordinaires (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1980 | The Border · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | A paso de cojo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | Te quiero · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | La casa del pelícano · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | Cananea · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | The Children of Sanchez · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Divinas palabras · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Balún Canán · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Maten al león · as Cinematographer |
| 1976 | Life Changes · as Cinematographer |
| 1976 | Coronation · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | El llanto de la tortuga · as Cinematographer |
| 1974 | Presage · as Cinematographer |
| 1974 | Los perros de Dios · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | El amor tiene cara de mujer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | El monasterio de los buitres · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Interval · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Once Upon a Scoundrel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | El festin de la loba · as Cinematographer |
| 1972 | Hijazo de mi vidaza · as Cinematographer |
| 1972 | María · as Cinematographer |
| 1972 | Rosa blanca · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | El cielo y tu · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | The Professor · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | La generala · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | Kelly's Heroes · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | The Phantom Gunslinger · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | Narda o el verano · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | La puerta y la mujer del carnicero · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | The Big Cube · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | Corazón salvaje · as Cinematographer |
| 1968 | The Scapular · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | El asesino se embarca · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | Domingo salvaje · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | Su excelencia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | Pedro Paramo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Cargamento prohibido · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Los cuatro Juanes · as Cinematographer |
| 1965 | Simon of the Desert · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Los tres calaveras · as Cinematographer |
| 1965 | Escuela para solteras · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | The Golden Cockerel · as Cinematographer |
| 1964 | The Night of the Iguana · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Entrega inmediata · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Días de otoño · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | The Paper Man · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | La bandida · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | El tejedor de milagros · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | The Exterminating Angel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | The Important Man · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | The Guns of Juana Gallo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The Young One · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | Impatient Heart · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | Macario · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | La estrella vacía · as Cinematographer |
| 1959 | Fever Mounts at El Pao · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | The Soldiers of Pancho Villa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Sonatas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Island for Two · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Nazarin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | 30-30 Carbine · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | The Smile of the Virgin · as Cinematographer |
| 1958 | Una golfa · as Cinematographer |
| 1958 | La rebelión de la sierra · as Cinematographer |
| 1958 | El puño del amo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Raquel's Shoeshiner · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Canasta de cuentos mexicanos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Viva Revolution · as Cinematographer |
| 1956 | Pueblo, canto y esperanza · as Cinematographer |
| 1956 | Historia de un amor · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | La Tierra del Fuego se apaga · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | Estafa de amor · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | La mujer X · as Cinematographer |
| 1954 | The Rebellion of the Hanged · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Llévame en tus brazos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Camelia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | El niño y la niebla · as Cinematographer |
| 1953 | Anxiety · as Cinematographer |
| 1953 | Mr. Photographer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | El · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Cuando levanta la niebla · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Soledad's Shawl · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | El enamorado · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | The Straying Rooster · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Little Love of My Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Hay un niño en su futuro · as Cinematographer |
| 1952 | Siempre tuya · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | La bienamada · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Los islas Marias · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Pecado · as Cinematographer |
| 1951 | Victims of Sin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | El gavilán pollero · as Cinematographer |
| 1950 | One Day of Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Young and the Damned · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Torch · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Nuestras vidas · as Cinematographer |
| 1950 | Duelo en las montañas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | La malquerida · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | El embajador · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Pueblerina · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Salón México · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Dueña y señora · as Cinematographer |
| 1948 | Maclovia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Hidden River · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | The Fugitive · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | The Pearl · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | La casa colorada · as Cinematographer |
| 1946 | Enamorada · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | The Last Adventure · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Más allá del amor · as Cinematographer |
| 1946 | Cantaclaro · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | One Day with the Devil · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Bugambilia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | The Abandoned · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | The Intruder · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | The Black Pirate · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | El as negro · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | La mujer sin cabeza · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | Maria Candelaria · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Another Dawn · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Wild Flower · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | El circo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | The Saint That Forged a Country · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | El verdugo de Sevilla · as Cinematographer |
| 1942 | Story of a Great Love · as Cinematographer |
| 1942 | The Three Musketeers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Cuando viajan las estrellas · as Cinematographer |
| 1941 | La gallina clueca · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | La casa del rencor · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | The Unknown Policeman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Neither Blood Nor Sand · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Con su amable permiso · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | ¡Que viene mi marido! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Los de abajo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Night of the Mayas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | The Black Beast · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | The House of the Ogre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Los millones de Chaflán · as Cinematographer |
| 1938 | Refugees in Madrid · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Guadalajara · as Cinematographer |
| 1936 | Let's Go with Pancho Villa · as Cinematographer |
| 1936 | Out on the Big Ranch · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | El primo Basilio · as Cinematographer |
| 1932 | ¡Que viva Mexico! · as Cinematographer |