José Luis Alcaine

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1938-12-26 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Tangier, Morocco

Also Known As J. Luis Alcaine, J.L. Alcaine, Jose Luis Alcaine, José Luís Alcaine

José 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.

Known For

Camera

Glow and Darkness

as Director of Photography

Adam's Perfection

as Director of Photography

2023
Strange Way of Life

as Director of Photography

2023
Speak Sunlight

as Director of Photography

2021
Parallel Mothers

as Director of Photography

2020
So My Grandma's a Lesbian!

as Director of Photography

2020
The Human Voice

as Director of Photography

2019
Pain and Glory

as Director of Photography

2019
Domino

as Director of Photography

2018
Everybody Knows

as Director of Photography

2016
Wild Oats

as Director of Photography

2016
The Queen of Spain

as Director of Photography

2013
Passion

as Director of Photography

2013
I'm So Excited!

as Director of Photography

2013
La banda Picasso

as Director of Photography

2011
The Skin I Live In

as Director of Photography

2009
My Life in Ruins

as Director of Photography

2007
Theresa: The Body of Christ

as Director of Photography

2007
Lolita's Club

as Director of Photography

2006
Volver

as Director of Photography

2006
The Maidens' Conspiracy

as Director of Photography

2006
Blame

as Director of Photography

2005
Vida y color

as Director of Photography

2005
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni

as Director of Photography

2004
Bad Education

as Director of Photography

2004
The Whore and the Whale

as Director of Photography

2004
Roma

as Director of Photography

2003
South from Granada

as Director of Photography

2002
The Dancer Upstairs

as Director of Photography

2002
Antonio, a boy in Lisbon

as Director of Photography

2002
Ruy Blas

as Director of Photography

1999
Blast from the Past

as Director of Photography

1999
The Lost Lover

as Director of Photography

1998
Don Juan

as Director of Photography

1998
Gunslinger's Revenge

as Director of Photography

1996
Más allá del jardín

as Director of Photography

1996
Freedomfighters

as Director of Photography

1996
Confidencias

as Director of Photography

1995
Two Much

as Director of Photography

1994
The Tit & the Moon

as Director of Photography

1994
Turkish Passion

as Director of Photography

1993
Golden Balls

as Director of Photography

1993
Intruso

as Director of Photography

1993
Cuentos de Borges

as Director of Photography

1992
Jamon Jamon

as Director of Photography

1992
Belle Époque

as Director of Photography

1991
Lovers: A True Story

as Director of Photography

1990
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

as Director of Photography

1990
Ay, Carmela!

as Director of Photography

1988
1988
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free

as Director of Photography

1987
Lute: Forge On or Die

as Director of Photography

1987
Casanova

as Director of Photography

1986
Mambrú se fue a la guerra

as Director of Photography

1986
Half of Heaven

as Director of Photography

1986
Hay que deshacer la casa

as Director of Photography

1985
Star Knight

as Director of Photography

1985
La reina del mate

as Director of Photography

1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody

as Director of Photography

1985
The Lost Paradise

as Director of Photography

1984
Akelarre

as Director of Photography

1983
El Sur

as Director of Photography

1982
Murder in the Central Committee

as Director of Photography

1982
Bésame, tonta

as Director of Photography

1981
Per favore, occupati di Amelia

as Director of Photography

1980
La campanada

as Director of Photography

1980
Girl with the Golden Panties

as Director of Photography

1979
From Hell to Victory

as Director of Photography

1979
Gulliver

as Director of Photography

1979
The Triple Death of the Third Character

as Director of Photography

1979
Marián

as Director of Photography

1978
Soldados

as Director of Photography

1978
Red Gold

as Director of Photography

1978
Stay As You Are

as Director of Photography

1978
Let's Go, Barbara

as Director of Photography

1977
God Bless Each Corner of This House

as Director of Photography

1977
María, la santa

as Director of Photography

1977
Goodbye Alicia

as Director of Photography

1976
Songs for After a War

as Director of Photography

1976
Who Can Kill a Child?

as Director of Photography

1976
School Trip

as Director of Photography

1976
Family Portrait

as Director of Photography

1975
A Diary of a Murderess

as Director of Photography

1975
Sensualidad

as Director of Photography

1975
Devil's Exorcist

as Director of Photography

1975
País S. A.

as Director of Photography

1975
Pepita Jiménez

as Director of Photography

1974
I Saw Her First

as Director of Photography

1974
¿... Y el prójimo?

as Director of Photography

1973
El niño es nuestro

as Director of Photography

1973
Corazón solitario

as Director of Photography

1972
Plinio

as Director of Photography

1970
El cronicón

as Director of Photography

1968
Paseo por los letreros de Madrid

as Director of Photography

1968
Tinto con amor

as Director of Photography

1967
Javier y los invasores del espacio

as Director of Photography

1967
Acteón

as Still Photographer

1966
Nine Letters to Berta

as Still Photographer

1965
Carmen de Carabanchel

as Director of Photography

1964
Anabel

as Still Photographer

Crew

1986
Voyage to Nowhere

as Cinematography

1985
The Court of the Pharaoh

as Cinematography

1984
Tasio

as Cinematography