José Luis Alcaine (born 26 December 1938) is a Spanish
cinematographer
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. Educated in
Tangier
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, he was the first cinematographer to use
fluorescent
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tube as key lighting in the 1970s. He has worked on films such as ''
Belle Époque
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'' (
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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, 1993), ''
Two Much
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'' (1995), ''
Blast from the Past'' (1999) and ''
The Skin I Live In
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'' (2011).
He won the
European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
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Winners and nominees 1980s
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for ''
Volver
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'', and has received five
Goya Awards
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The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
for best cinematography.
In February 2019, he received the
Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes
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Filmography
References
External links
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*''Fernández-Santos, Elsa. «Nuevas teorías sobre un icono del siglo XX Un enigma cinematográfico tras el Guernica de Picasso.» 9 de septiembre de 2011. ''El País''
*''http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/dias-de-cine/dias-cine-jose-luis-alcaine-cree-picasso-se-inspiro-adios-armas-para-guernica/1268475/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG44wQoqP8U Conference about the inspiration of El Bosco, Middle Age Paintings and the Miracles and Mysteries Theater ( North Europe) or Street Theater ( England )
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1938 births
Living people
European Film Award for Best Cinematographer winners
Spanish cinematographers