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José Luis Alcaine

José Luis Alcaine

Camera·b. 1938·Tangier, Morocco

7 horror credits

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).

He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver, and has received five Goya Awards for best cinematography.

In February 2019, he received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.

Cinematographer7 films

Passion

Passion

Director of Photography

2013
The Skin I Live In

The Skin I Live In

Director of Photography

2011 4.3
Blame

Blame

Director of Photography

2006
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Director of Photography

1988 3.8
Akelarre

Akelarre

Director of Photography

1984
Who Can Kill a Child?

Who Can Kill a Child?

Director of Photography

1976 3.8
The Devil's Exorcist

The Devil's Exorcist

Director of Photography

1975