José Luis Alcaine
Camera
- Born
- December 26, 1938 (age 87) · 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.
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In February 2019, he received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.
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Known for
The Skin I Live In
August 17, 2011
Volver
March 17, 2006
Pain and Glory
March 22, 2019
Blast from the Past
February 12, 1999
Bad Education
March 19, 2004
Parallel Mothers
October 8, 2021
Everybody Knows
May 9, 2018
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
March 25, 1988
I'm So Excited!
March 8, 2013
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
January 22, 1990
Passion
February 13, 2013
My Life in Ruins
June 5, 2009
Behind the camera118
- 2025The Delights of the Garden Director of Photography
- 2023Speak Sunlight Director of Photography
- 2023Strange Way of Life Director of Photography
- 2021Cuidado con lo que deseas Director of Photography
- 2021Parallel Mothers Director of Photography
- 2020So My Grandma's a Lesbian! Director of Photography
- 2020The Human Voice Director of Photography
- 2019Domino Director of Photography
- 2019Pain and Glory Director of Photography
- 2018