José Luis Alcaine
Known for: Camera
Born: December 26, 1938
Place of birth: Tangier, Morocco
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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Filmography
119 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
4.1
The Delights of the Garden
2025
NR
Pedro x Javis
2025
6.8
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
2024
7.4
Speak Sunlight
2023
6.3
Strange Way of Life
2023
4.5
Cuidado con lo que deseas
2021
6.8
Parallel Mothers
2021NR
Glow and Darkness
2021
5.3
So My Grandma's a Lesbian!
2020
6.7
The Human Voice
2020
4.6
Domino
2019
7.4
Pain and Glory
2019
6.5
Everybody Knows
2018
5.2
The Queen of Spain
2016
6.1
Wild Oats
2016
5.8
Finding Altamira
2016
NR
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
1.0
Aragón rodado
2014
5.7
I'm So Excited!
2013
5.2
Passion
2013
4.6
La banda Picasso
2013
7.5
The Skin I Live In
2011
6.1
My Life in Ruins
2009
NR
Martes de Carnaval
2009
5.3
Lolita's Club
2007
6.6
The 13 Roses
2007
4.5
Theresa: The Body of Christ
2007
4.7
Blame
2006
4.1
The Maidens' Conspiracy
2006
7.5
Volver
2006
6.0
Vida y color
2005
8.0
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
2005
6.5
Roma
2004
5.2
The Whore and the Whale
2004
7.4
Bad Education
2004
5.9
South from Granada
2003
6.3
Ruy Blas
2002
6.2
Nobody's Life
2002
6.1
The Dancer Upstairs
2002
7.0
Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon
2002
3.7
The Lost Lover
1999
6.8
Blast from the Past
1999
4.5
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998
4.5
Don Juan
1998
4.7
My Brother's Gun
1997
5.0
Más allá del jardín
1996
6.5
Freedomfighters
1996
10.0
Confidencias
1996
5.5
Two Much
1995
5.5
Turkish Passion
1994
6.2
The Tit and the Moon
1994
5.5
Golden Balls
1993
4.5
Intruso
1993
9.0
Cuentos de Borges
1993
6.7
Belle Époque
1992
6.2
Jamon Jamon
1992
6.5
Lovers: A True Story
1991
3.5
Dancing Machine
1990
6.7
Ay, Carmela!
1990
6.8
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
5.5
Twisted Obsession
1989
3.9
The Sea and the Weather
1989
6.3
Misadventure
1988
5.8
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free
1988
7.4
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
5.8
Lute: Forge On or Die
1987
4.1
Casanova
1987
7.5
Voyage to Nowhere
1986
6.7
Half of Heaven
1986
6.6
Hay que deshacer la casa
1986
5.8
Mambru Went to War
1986
4.2
Star Knight
1985
5.6
The Court of the Pharaoh
1985
5.5
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
6.5
La reina del mate
1985
6.8
The Lost Paradise
1985
6.9
Tasio
1984
5.6
Akelarre
1984
6.5
El caso Almería
1984
8.3
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
1983
8.2
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
1983
7.7
El Sur
1983
4.7
Murder in the Central Committee
1982
5.0
Bésame, tonta
1982
6.0
The Triple Death of the Third Character
1981
4.0
Per favore, occupati di Amelia
1981
4.0
La campanada
1980
4.5
Girl with the Golden Panties
1980
4.7
Gulliver
1979
6.3
From Hell to Victory
1979
9.0
Marián
1979
6.5
Soldados
1978
4.4
Let's Go, Barbara
1978
5.8
Stay as You Are
1978
4.9
Red Gold
1978
9.0
God Bless Each Corner of This House
1977
6.0
Goodbye Alicia
1977
4.4
María, la santa
1977
7.0
School Trip
1976
5.6
Family Portrait
1976
7.0
Who Can Kill a Child?
1976
6.8
Songs for After a War
1976
7.0
País S. A.
1975
5.5
A Diary of a Murderess
1975
4.9
Sensualidad
1975
6.8
The Devil's Exorcist
1975
8.0
Bride to Be
1975
10.0
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
7.0
I Saw Her First
1974
7.5
The Lonely Heart
1973
7.0
El niño es nuestro
1973
8.3
Plinio
1972
6.0
El cronicón
19707.0
El último día de la humanidad
1969
NR
Paseo por los letreros de Madrid
1968
7.0
Tinto con amor
1968
5.6
Acteón
1967
9.0
Javier y los invasores del espacio
1967
7.2
Nine Letters to Berta
1966
NR
Los buenos samaritanos
1966
8.0
Carmen de Carabanchel
1965
7.0
Anabel
1964
NR
Adam's Perfection
—NR
El sastre del rey
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