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Teo Escamilla
Producer, Actor, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born October 23, 1940Died December 21, 1997 (57 years)
Teodoro Escamilla Serrano; Seville, 1940 - Matanzas, Cuba, 1997 Spanish cinematographer. In contrast to directors of photography who were concerned above all with creating their own style, Teo Escamilla was always in favor of a patient craftsmanship in cinematographic lighting that allowed him to adapt it, scene by scene, to the director's vision and to the specific story.
He began his professional career as a photojournalist for publications such as Cine en 7 días, El Caso, the Madrid newspaper and the magazine Sábado Gráfico, and later as a television operator. In 1964 he became assistant cameraman on Llegar a más (1964, Jesús Fernández Santos) and the regular second operator for Luis Cuadrado, his mentor and teacher, whom he succeeded after his retirement due to illness in 1976 as director of photography on the films produced by Elías Querejeta.
He debuted as first operator in Las violentas (1974, Fernando Miranda), to later take over from Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchía in El desencanto (1976, Jaime Chávarri), and from then on developed an intense work that would make him one of the most outstanding operators in Spanish cinema. He frequently worked on films by filmmakers such as Carlos Saura, Jaime Chávarri, Jaime de Armiñán (with whom in 1979 he founded the production company A punto, later Serva Films), Víctor Erice, José Luis Borau and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, among others. For Carlos Saura's El amor brujo (1986), he received the Goya award for best cinematography.
After directing two short films, Quiero ser mayor (1976) and an episode of the collective film Cuentos para una escapada (1979), in 1983 he debuted as a feature film director with Tú solo, a story set in the world of bullfighting, which received the Special Mention for best new director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, although his career as first director did not continue.
He began his professional career as a photojournalist for publications such as Cine en 7 días, El Caso, the Madrid newspaper and the magazine Sábado Gráfico, and later as a television operator. In 1964 he became assistant cameraman on Llegar a más (1964, Jesús Fernández Santos) and the regular second operator for Luis Cuadrado, his mentor and teacher, whom he succeeded after his retirement due to illness in 1976 as director of photography on the films produced by Elías Querejeta.
He debuted as first operator in Las violentas (1974, Fernando Miranda), to later take over from Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchía in El desencanto (1976, Jaime Chávarri), and from then on developed an intense work that would make him one of the most outstanding operators in Spanish cinema. He frequently worked on films by filmmakers such as Carlos Saura, Jaime Chávarri, Jaime de Armiñán (with whom in 1979 he founded the production company A punto, later Serva Films), Víctor Erice, José Luis Borau and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, among others. For Carlos Saura's El amor brujo (1986), he received the Goya award for best cinematography.
After directing two short films, Quiero ser mayor (1976) and an episode of the collective film Cuentos para una escapada (1979), in 1983 he debuted as a feature film director with Tú solo, a story set in the world of bullfighting, which received the Special Mention for best new director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, although his career as first director did not continue.
Teo Escamilla Filmography
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Al otro lado del túnel · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Montoyas y Tarantos · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 |
| 1984 |
| 1984 |
| 1997 | Things I Left in Havana · as Cinematographer |
| 1997 | Las ratas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Robo en el cine Capitol · as Cinematographer |
| 1995 | El rey del río · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Felicidades, Tovarich · as Cinematographer |
| 1994 | Al otro lado del túnel · as Cinematographer |
| 1993 | Tres palabras · as Cinematographer |
| 1993 | La Lola se va a los puertos · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | Don Quijote de la Mancha (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1989 | Montoyas y Tarantos · as Cinematographer |
| 1989 | The Dark Night of the Soul · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Juncal (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | Berlín Blues · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | El Dorado · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | Mi general · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Love, the Magician · as Cinematographer |
| 1986 | Dear Nanny · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | The Witching Hour · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Beyond the Walls · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Stico · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Un été d'enfer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | On the Line · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Los zancos · as Cinematographer |
| 1984 | Feroz · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Dressed in Blue · as Cinematographer |
| 1983 | Carmen · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Antonieta · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | En septiembre · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | Sweet Hours · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Trágala, perro · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Night Function · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Deprisa, Deprisa · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | Apaga... y vámonos · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | Blood Wedding · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Maravillas · as Cinematographer |
| 1980 | The Nest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | Dedicated to... · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | F.E.N. · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | Mama Turns 100 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | Heart of the Forest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Somnambulists · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | The Old Memory · as Cinematographer |
| 1978 | The Prodigious Life of Father Vincent · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Blindfolded Eyes · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | What Max Said · as Cinematographer |
| 1977 | Nunca es tarde · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Del amor y de la muerte · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | To an Unknown God · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | In memoriam · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Elisa, My Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Caperucita y Roja · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | The Burned City · as Cinematographer |
| 1976 | The Disenchantment · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Cría Cuervos · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Tiempos duros para Drácula · as Director Of Photography |