José Luis Alcaine

Camera

Born: 1938-12-26
From: Tangier, Morocco
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

J. Luis AlcaineJ.L. AlcaineJose Luis AlcaineJosé Luís 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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Luis Alcaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations10 won · 3 nominated

Nominated

Goya Award for Best Cinematography

Parallel Mothers

2022
🏆 Won

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts

2017
🏆 Won

CST Award of the Technical Artist

2011
🏆 Won

Medalla de Oro

2011
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Cinematography

Las 13 rosas

2008
🏆 Won

European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

Volver

2006
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

Volver

2006
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

Bad Education

2004
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Cinematography

El caballero Don Quijote

2003
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Cinematography

The Bird of Happiness

1994
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Cinematography

Belle Époque

1993
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Cinematography

Twisted Obsession

1990
🏆 Won

Premio Nacional de Cinematografía

1989

Acting4 titles

Camera113 titles

Crew5 titles