José Luis Alcaine

José Luis Alcaine

  • Birthday: 1938-12-26
  • Place of birth: Tangier, Morocco
  • Also know as: J. Luis Alcaine

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.

Filmography

Aragón rodado

2014

As Self

Production

Bad Education

2004

As Director of Photography

Volver

2006

As Director of Photography

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1989

As Director of Photography

A Diary of a Murderess

1975

As Director of Photography

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988

As Director of Photography

Jamon Jamon

1992

As Director of Photography

Belle Époque

1992

As Director of Photography

Blast from the Past

1999

As Director of Photography

Passion

2013

As Director of Photography

Vida y color

2005

As Director of Photography

Ay, Carmela!

1990

As Director of Photography

Songs for After a War

1976

As Director of Photography

Golden Balls

1993

As Director of Photography

Don Juan

1998

As Director of Photography

Lovers: A True Story

1991

As Director of Photography

I'm So Excited!

2013

As Director of Photography

The Skin I Live In

2011

As Director of Photography

Roma

2004

As Director of Photography

The Tit and the Moon

1994

As Director of Photography

From Hell to Victory

1979

As Director of Photography

Gulliver

1979

As Director of Photography

La mitad del cielo

1986

As Director of Photography

Akelarre

1984

As Director of Photography

Goodbye Alicia

1977

As Director of Photography

The Maidens' Conspiracy

2006

As Director of Photography

South from Granada

2003

As Director of Photography

Murder in the Central Committee

1982

As Director of Photography

Two Much

1995

As Director of Photography

Who Can Kill a Child?

1976

As Director of Photography

Bésame, tonta

1982

As Director of Photography

La reina del mate

1985

As Director of Photography

Lute: Forge On or Die

1987

As Director of Photography

El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free

1988

As Director of Photography

Turkish Passion

1994

As Director of Photography

Blame

2006

As Director of Photography

The Dancer Upstairs

2002

As Director of Photography

Wild Oats

2016

As Director of Photography

Per favore, occupati di Amelia

1981

As Director of Photography

Más allá del jardín

1996

As Director of Photography

Sensualidad

1975

As Director of Photography

La campanada

1980

As Director of Photography

Devil's Exorcist

1975

As Director of Photography

El Sur

1983

As Director of Photography

The Queen of Spain

2016

As Director of Photography

Theresa: The Body of Christ

2007

As Director of Photography

Red Gold

1978

As Director of Photography

Stay As You Are

1978

As Director of Photography

School Trip

1976

As Director of Photography

Everybody Knows

2018

As Director of Photography

Antonio, a boy in Lisbon

2002

As Director of Photography

Lolita's Club

2007

As Director of Photography

The Triple Death of the Third Character

1979

As Director of Photography

La banda Picasso

2013

As Director of Photography

Rustlers' Rhapsody

1985

As Director of Photography

Pain and Glory

2019

As Director of Photography

Adam's Perfection

0000

As Director of Photography

Domino

2019

As Director of Photography

Family Portrait

1976

As Director of Photography

País S. A.

1975

As Director of Photography

El niño es nuestro

1973

As Director of Photography

Acteón

1967

As Still Photographer

Freedomfighters

1996

As Director of Photography

Girl with the Golden Panties

1980

As Director of Photography

So My Grandma's a Lesbian!

2020

As Director of Photography

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

1983

As Director of Photography

Corazón solitario

1973

As Director of Photography

Paseo por los letreros de Madrid

1968

As Director of Photography

The Human Voice

2020

As Director of Photography

El cronicón

1970

As Director of Photography

Nine Letters to Berta

1966

As Still Photographer

Tinto con amor

1968

As Director of Photography

Pepita Jiménez

1975

As Director of Photography

Let's Go, Barbara

1978

As Director of Photography

The Lost Paradise

1985

As Director of Photography

Marián

1979

As Director of Photography

Hay que deshacer la casa

1986

As Director of Photography

Confidencias

1996

As Director of Photography

Intruso

1993

As Director of Photography

Mambru Went to War

1986

As Director of Photography

The Whore and the Whale

2004

As Director of Photography

Star Knight

1985

As Director of Photography

Soldados

1978

As Director of Photography

God Bless Each Corner of This House

1977

As Director of Photography

María, la santa

1977

As Director of Photography

I Saw Her First

1974

As Director of Photography

Javier y los invasores del espacio

1967

As Director of Photography

Parallel Mothers

2021

As Director of Photography

Gunslinger's Revenge

1998

As Director of Photography

Carmen de Carabanchel

1965

As Director of Photography

My Life in Ruins

2009

As Director of Photography

Anabel

1964

As Still Photographer

The Lost Lover

1999

As Director of Photography

Strange Way of Life

2023

As Director of Photography

Speak Sunlight

2023

As Director of Photography

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni

2005

As Director of Photography

Ruy Blas

2002

As Director of Photography

¿... Y el prójimo?

1974

As Director of Photography

The Room Next Door

0000

As Director of Photography

Voyage to Nowhere

1986

As Cinematography

Tasio

1984

As Cinematography

The Court of the Pharaoh

1985

As Cinematography

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