About

Known credits:
111
Birthday:
1938-12-26
Place of birth:
Tangier, Morocco
Website:
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José Luis Alcaine

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2024 Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S' Actor Self N/A
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2014 Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Actor Self N/A
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2014 Aragón rodado Actor Self 59
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Camera
2023 Speak Sunlight Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2023 Strange Way of Life Camera Director of Photography 60
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2021 Parallel Mothers Camera Director of Photography 64
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2020 So My Grandma's a Lesbian! Camera Director of Photography 58
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2020 The Human Voice Camera Director of Photography 61
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2019 Domino Camera Director of Photography 54
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2019 Pain and Glory Camera Director of Photography 70
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2018 Everybody Knows Camera Director of Photography 62
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2016 The Queen of Spain Camera Director of Photography 57
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2016 Wild Oats Camera Director of Photography 59
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2013 I'm So Excited! Camera Director of Photography 57
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2013 Passion Camera Director of Photography 56
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2013 La banda Picasso Camera Director of Photography 58
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2011 The Skin I Live In Camera Director of Photography 73
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2009 My Life in Ruins Camera Director of Photography 60
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2007 Lolita's Club Camera Director of Photography 58
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2007 The 13 Roses Camera Director of Photography 59
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2007 Theresa: The Body of Christ Camera Director of Photography 58
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2006 Blame Camera Director of Photography 58
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2006 The Maidens' Conspiracy Camera Director of Photography 57
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2006 Volver Camera Director of Photography 71
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2005 Vida y color Camera Director of Photography 59
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2005 The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2004 Roma Camera Director of Photography 59
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2004 The Whore and the Whale Camera Director of Photography 58
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2004 Bad Education Camera Director of Photography 68
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2003 South from Granada Camera Director of Photography 59
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2002 Ruy Blas Camera Director of Photography 59
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2002 The Dancer Upstairs Camera Director of Photography 59
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2002 Antonio, a boy in Lisbon Camera Director of Photography 58
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1999 The Lost Lover Camera Director of Photography 58
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1999 Blast from the Past Camera Director of Photography 64
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1998 Gunslinger's Revenge Camera Director of Photography 57
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1998 Don Juan Camera Director of Photography 58
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1996 Más allá del jardín Camera Director of Photography 58
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1996 Freedomfighters Camera Director of Photography 59
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1996 Confidencias Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1995 Two Much Camera Director of Photography 57
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1994 Turkish Passion Camera Director of Photography 58
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1994 The Tit & the Moon Camera Director of Photography 59
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1993 Golden Balls Camera Director of Photography 58
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1993 Intruso Camera Director of Photography 58
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1992 Belle Époque Camera Director of Photography 61
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1992 Jamon Jamon Camera Director of Photography 60
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1991 Lovers: A True Story Camera Director of Photography 59
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1990 Ay, Carmela! Camera Director of Photography 59
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1990 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Camera Director of Photography 64
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1988 El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free Camera Director of Photography 58
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1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Camera Director of Photography 68
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1987 Lute: Forge On or Die Camera Director of Photography 59
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1987 Casanova Camera Director of Photography 58
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1986 Half of Heaven Camera Director of Photography 58
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1986 Hay que deshacer la casa Camera Director of Photography 59
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1986 Mambru Went to War Camera Director of Photography 58
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1985 Star Knight Camera Director of Photography 57
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1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody Camera Director of Photography 58
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1985 La reina del mate Camera Director of Photography 59
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1985 The Lost Paradise Camera Director of Photography 59
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1984 Akelarre Camera Director of Photography 58
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1983 Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos Camera Director of Photography 59
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1983 Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado Camera Director of Photography 59
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1983 El Sur Camera Director of Photography 62
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1982 Murder in the Central Committee Camera Director of Photography 58
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1982 Bésame, tonta Camera Director of Photography 58
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1981 Per favore, occupati di Amelia Camera Director of Photography 58
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1980 La campanada Camera Director of Photography 58
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1980 Girl with the Golden Panties Camera Director of Photography 58
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1979 The Triple Death of the Third Character Camera Director of Photography 58
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1979 Gulliver Camera Director of Photography 58
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1979 From Hell to Victory Camera Director of Photography 59
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1979 Marián Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1978 Soldados Camera Director of Photography 59
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1978 Let's Go, Barbara Camera Director of Photography 58
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1978 Stay As You Are Camera Director of Photography 58
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1978 Red Gold Camera Director of Photography 58
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1977 God Bless Each Corner of This House Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1977 Goodbye Alicia Camera Director of Photography 58
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1977 María, la santa Camera Director of Photography 58
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1976 School Trip Camera Director of Photography 58
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1976 Family Portrait Camera Director of Photography 58
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1976 Who Can Kill a Child? Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1976 Songs for After a War Camera Director of Photography 58
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1975 País S. A. Camera Director of Photography 58
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1975 A Diary of a Murderess Camera Director of Photography 58
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1975 Devil's Exorcist Camera Director of Photography 59
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1975 Sensualidad Camera Director of Photography 58
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1975 Pepita Jiménez Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1974 ¿... Y el prójimo? Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1974 I Saw Her First Camera Director of Photography 58
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1973 Corazón solitario Camera Director of Photography 59
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1973 El niño es nuestro Camera Director of Photography 58
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1972 Plinio Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
1970 El cronicón Camera Director of Photography 58
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1968 Tinto con amor Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1968 Paseo por los letreros de Madrid Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1967 Acteón Camera Still Photographer 58
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1967 Javier y los invasores del espacio Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1966 Nine Letters to Berta Camera Still Photographer 59
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1966 Los buenos samaritanos Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1965 Carmen de Carabanchel Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1964 Anabel Camera Still Photographer 59
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Adam's Perfection Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Glow and Darkness Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1988 Misadventure Crew Cinematography 58
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1986 Voyage to Nowhere Crew Cinematography 59
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1985 The Court of the Pharaoh Crew Cinematography 59
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1984 Tasio Crew Cinematography 59
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1969 El último día de la humanidad Crew Cinematography N/A
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