José Luis Alcaine

AKA: J. Luis Alcaine, J.L. Alcaine, Jose Luis Alcaine
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1938-12-26

Tangier, Morocco

Biography

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.

Crew Roles

Bad Education
Director of Photography
Volver
Director of Photography
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Director of Photography
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Director of Photography
A Diary of a Murderess
Director of Photography
Jamon Jamon
Director of Photography
Blast from the Past
Director of Photography
Carmen de Carabanchel
Director of Photography
Mambru Went to War
Director of Photography
The Whore and the Whale
Director of Photography
Star Knight
Director of Photography
Soldados
Director of Photography
God Bless Each Corner of This House
Director of Photography
María, la santa
Director of Photography
I Saw Her First
Director of Photography
Javier y los invasores del espacio
Director of Photography
Passion
Director of Photography
Vida y color
Director of Photography
Parallel Mothers
Director of Photography
Ay, Carmela!
Director of Photography
Songs for After a War
Director of Photography
Golden Balls
Director of Photography
Don Juan
Director of Photography
Lovers: A True Story
Director of Photography
Belle Époque
Director of Photography
I'm So Excited!
Director of Photography
The Skin I Live In
Director of Photography
Roma
Director of Photography
The Tit and the Moon
Director of Photography
From Hell to Victory
Director of Photography
Gulliver
Director of Photography
Voyage to Nowhere
Cinematography
Tasio
Cinematography
The Court of the Pharaoh
Cinematography
Akelarre
Director of Photography
Half of Heaven
Director of Photography
Gunslinger's Revenge
Director of Photography
Goodbye Alicia
Director of Photography
The Maidens' Conspiracy
Director of Photography
¿... Y el prójimo?
Director of Photography
South from Granada
Director of Photography
Murder in the Central Committee
Director of Photography
Two Much
Director of Photography
Who Can Kill a Child?
Director of Photography
Bésame, tonta
Director of Photography
La reina del mate
Director of Photography
Lute: Forge On or Die
Director of Photography
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free
Director of Photography
Turkish Passion
Director of Photography
Blame
Director of Photography
The Dancer Upstairs
Director of Photography
Per favore, occupati di Amelia
Director of Photography
Más allá del jardín
Director of Photography
Wild Oats
Director of Photography
Sensualidad
Director of Photography
La campanada
Director of Photography
Devil's Exorcist
Director of Photography
My Life in Ruins
Director of Photography
Anabel
Still Photographer
El Sur
Director of Photography
The Queen of Spain
Director of Photography
The Lost Lover
Director of Photography
Strange Way of Life
Director of Photography
Casanova
Director of Photography
Theresa: The Body of Christ
Director of Photography
Red Gold
Director of Photography
Stay as You Are
Director of Photography
School Trip
Director of Photography
Everybody Knows
Director of Photography
Antonio, a boy in Lisbon
Director of Photography
Lolita's Club
Director of Photography
Speak Sunlight
Director of Photography
The Triple Death of the Third Character
Director of Photography
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
Director of Photography
Ruy Blas
Director of Photography
La banda Picasso
Director of Photography
Pain and Glory
Director of Photography
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Director of Photography
Adam's Perfection
Director of Photography
Domino
Director of Photography
Family Portrait
Director of Photography
El niño es nuestro
Director of Photography
País S. A.
Director of Photography
Freedomfighters
Director of Photography
Girl with the Golden Panties
Director of Photography
Acteón
Still Photographer
So My Grandma's a Lesbian!
Director of Photography
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
Director of Photography
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
Director of Photography
The Lonely Heart
Director of Photography
Paseo por los letreros de Madrid
Director of Photography
The Human Voice
Director of Photography
El cronicón
Director of Photography
Tinto con amor
Director of Photography
Nine Letters to Berta
Still Photographer
Let's Go, Barbara
Director of Photography
Pepita Jiménez
Director of Photography
The Lost Paradise
Director of Photography
Marián
Director of Photography
Confidencias
Director of Photography
Hay que deshacer la casa
Director of Photography
Intruso
Director of Photography
Los buenos samaritanos
Director of Photography
El último día de la humanidad
Cinematography
The 13 Roses
Director of Photography
Misadventure
Cinematography
Dancing Machine
Cinematography
Twisted Obsession
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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