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José Luis Alcaine
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn December 26, 1938 (86 years)
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). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alcaine and the second or maternal family name is Escaño. He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver, and has received five Goya Awards for best cinematography.
José Luis Alcaine Filmography
| 2025 | Pedro x Javis (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Pedro Almodóvar, the Rascal of La Mancha · as Self |
| 2014 | Aragón rodado · as Self |
| 2006 | The 2006 European Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2017 | Joaquin Sorolla: Journeys of Light · as Cast |
| 2025 | Las delicias del jardín · as Director Of Photography |
| 2025 | Pedro x Javis (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2023 | Speak Sunlight · as Director Of Photography |
| 2023 | Strange Way of Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | Cuidado con lo que deseas · as Cinematographer |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | The Human Voice · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | So My Grandma's a Lesbian! · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Pain and Glory · as Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | Everybody Knows · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | The Queen of Spain · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Finding Altamira · as Cinematographer |
| 2013 | I'm So Excited! · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | La banda Picasso · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Passion · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | The Skin I Live In · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | My Life in Ruins · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | Doctor Mateo (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2008 | Rivales · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Lolita's Club · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | Las 13 rosas · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | Always Yours · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Theresa: The Body of Christ · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Blame · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | The Maidens' Conspiracy · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Volver · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Vida y color · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Otros días vendrán · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Roma · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | The Whore and the Whale · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Bad Education · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | South from Granada · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Don Quixote, Knight Errant · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Nobody's Life · as Cinematographer |
| 2002 | Ruy Blas · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | The Dancer Upstairs · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | António, Um Rapaz de Lisboa · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Chica de Río · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Sound of the Sea · as Cinematographer |
| 2000 | I Know Who You Are · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | The Lost Lover · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Celos · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Il mio West · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Don Juan · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | My Brother's Gun · as Cinematographer |
| 1997 | In Praise of Older Women · as Cinematographer |
| 1996 | Tramway to Malvarrosa · as Cinematographer |
| 1996 | Más allá del jardín · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Freedomfighters · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Two Much · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Dile a Laura que la quiero · as Cinematographer |
| 1994 | Turkish Passion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | The Tit and the Moon · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | Golden Balls · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | Intruso · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | El pájaro de la felicidad · as Cinematographer |
| 1992 | Belle Epoque · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Jamón, Jamón · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Sevillanas · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | Hay que zurrar a los pobres · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | Lovers: A True Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 1991 | Solo o en compañía de otros · as Cinematographer |
| 1990 | Dancing Machine · as Cinematographer |
| 1990 | Oh, Carmela! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Twisted Obsession · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | The Sea and the Weather · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | The woman of your life (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1988 | Jarrapellejos · as Cinematographer |
| 1988 | El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | El Lute: Run for Your Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | Casanova · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Voyage to Nowhere · as Cinematographer |
| 1986 | La mitad del cielo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Hay que deshacer la casa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Mambrú se fue a la guerra · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Star Knight · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | La corte de Faraón · as Cinematographer |
| 1985 | Rustlers' Rhapsody · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | La reina del mate · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Los paraísos perdidos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Tasio · as Cinematographer |
| 1984 | Akelarre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | El caso Almería · as Cinematographer |
| 1983 | Después de... primera parte: No se os puede dejar solos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Después de... segunda parte: Atado y bien atado · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | El Sur · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Demonios en el jardín · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | Asesinato en el Comité Central · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | La próxima estación · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | Per favore, occupati di Amelia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | La campanada · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | Girl with the Golden Panties · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | The Triple Death of the Third Character · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | From Hell to Victory · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Soldiers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Let's Go, Barbara · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | The Old Memory · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | Stay as You Are · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Red Gold · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Gulliver · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Goodbye Alicia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Foul Play · as Cinematographer |
| 1977 | María, la santa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Los viajes escolares · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Family Portrait · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Who Can Kill a Child? · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Songs for After a War · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | I'm a Woman Already · as Cinematographer |
| 1975 | A Diary of a Murderess · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Devil's Exorcist · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Sensualidad · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Bride to Be · as Director Of Photography |
| 1974 | I Saw Her First · as Director Of Photography |
| 1974 | Vera, un cuento cruel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | El niño es nuestro · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | Plinio (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | El cronicón · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | Me enveneno de azules · as Cinematographer |
| 1967 | El hueso · as Cinematographer |