José María Beltrán Ausejo (3 June 1898 - 22 January 1962) was a prolific Spanish
cinematographer who worked in Spanish, Argentine, Venezuelan and Brazilian cinema. He was involved in the cinematography of almost 80 films between 1925 and his death, and is best known for his work in Argentina in the 1940s and early 1950s.
He worked with director
Francisco Múgica
Francisco Múgica (10 April 1907 – 1985) was an Argentine film director, film editor and cinematographer. He was born and died in Buenos Aires.
Múgica initially began his career in film as a cinematographer in the mid-1930s but by 193 ...
on a number of Argentine films including the
1942
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January
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film ''
Adolescencia
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A girl falls in love with a boy arrived from the ...
. His photography for the 1951 film ''
La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde'' won him significant recognition in
Europe
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and he won best photography at the
Cannes Film Festival
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of that year. In 1952 he worked on one of the most acclaimed films of that year ''
Las Aguas Bajan Turbias'' (1952) which won the
Silver Condor Award for Best Film in 1953. He died in
Zaragoza
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Sister San Sulpicio'' (1927)
* ''
Our Lady of Sorrows
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'' (1934)
* ''
Juan Simón's Daughter'' (1935)
* ''
Paths of Faith
''Paths of Faith'' (''Spanish:Senderos de fe'') is a 1938 Argentine drama film directed by Luis Moglia Barth and starring Amanda Ledesma, Floren Delbene and Pedro Maratea.Rist p.74
Cast
* Amanda Ledesma
* Floren Delbene
* Pedro Maratea
* Mar ...
'' (1938)
* ''
The Intruder'' (1939)
* ''
Isabelita'' (1940)
* ''
The Englishman of the Bones'' (1940)
* ''
White Eagle'' (1941)
* ''
Our Natacha
''Our Natacha'' (Spanish:''Nuestra Natacha'') is a 1944 Argentine drama film directed by Julio Saraceni and starring Amelia Bence, Esteban Serrador and Malisa Zini.Plazaola p.186 It is based on Alejandro Casona's play of the same title.
The fi ...
'' (1944)
* ''
The Phantom Lady'' (1945)
* ''
Savage Pampas'' (1945)
* ''
Where Words Fail
''Where Words Fail'' (Spanish:''Donde mueren las palabras'') is a 1946 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Enrique Muiño, Dario Garzay and Héctor Méndez. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Germán Gel ...
'' (1946)
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Spanish cinematographers
1898 births
1962 deaths
People from Zaragoza
Argentine cinematographers
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