Gabriel Figueroa
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- April 24, 1907
- Died
- April 27, 1997 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood. His mother died after giving birth to him. His father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography. Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where the established director of photography Gregg Toland taught Figueroa. Back in Mexico, his first film was Fernando de Fuentes's Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936) which would become one of the most popular films in Mexico and Latin America, and gave him his first award at the Venice Film Festival. He filmed 235 movies over 50 years, including Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and Río Escondido by Emilio Fernández. One of his main collaborators was Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in México.
Known For
Filmography
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
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The Heart of the Night
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Under the Volcano
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Mundo mágico
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Mexico 2000
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El héroe desconocido
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D.F./Distrito Federal
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At a Lame Pace
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The Border
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Te quiero
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Divine Words
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The Children of Sanchez
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The House of the Pelican
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Cananea
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Balún Canán
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Maten al León
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Coronation
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Life Changes
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The Cry of the Turtle
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The Dogs of God
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The Master of Ballantrae
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Once Upon a Scoundrel
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Omen
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El amor tiene cara de mujer
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The Monastery of the Vultures
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Interval
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The She Wolf's Orgy
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The Children of Satan
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María
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Hijazo de mi vidaza
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El cielo y tú
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El profe
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La Generala
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Kelly's Heroes
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
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Narda or The Summer
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The Phantom Gunslinger
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The Big Cube
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The Door and the Butcher's Wife
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The Great Sex War
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The Chinese Room
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Mariana
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Pax?
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The Scapular
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Corazón salvaje
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The Angels of Puebla
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Savage Sunday
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El asesino se embarca
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Your Excellency
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Pedro Paramo
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El jinete fantasma
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Forbidden Cargo
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¡Viva Benito Canales!
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Los Cuatro Juanes
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Love Love Love
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Simon of the Desert
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Escuela para solteras
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Lola of My Life
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The Two Elenas
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A Pure Soul
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The Beloved Ones
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Los tres calaveras
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The Night of the Iguana
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The Posthumous Honors to the Distinguished Authors
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En la mitad del mundo
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The Golden Cockerel
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La Bandida
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The Paper Man
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Entrega Inmediata
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Autumn Days
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The Exterminating Angel
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Miracles Weaver
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The Important Man
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The White Rose
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Juana Gallo
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Macario
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The Young One
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Impaciencia del corazón
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La estrella vacía
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La Cucaracha
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Beyond All Limits
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Nazarín
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Fever Mounts at El Pao
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Sonatas
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Isla para dos
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Café Colón
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Una cita de amor
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Carabina 30-30
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Sueños de oro
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Here is Heraclius Bernal
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El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
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La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
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Love of a Cabaret Singer
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The Smile of the Virgin
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Mujer en condominio
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El bolero de Raquel
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Basket of Mexican Tales
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La doncella de piedra
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Historia de un amor
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The Hidden One
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People, Song and Hope
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El monstruo en la sombra
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Estafa de amor
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La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
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La mujer X
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Take Me in Your Arms
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Camelia
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Rebellion of the Hanged
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La rosa blanca
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Él
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Mr. Photographer
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Anxiety
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The Boy and the Fog
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Ni pobres ni ricos
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When the Fog Lifts
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Siempre tuya
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Ahí viene Martín Corona
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El enamorado
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Soledad's Shawl
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The Straying Rooster
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The Sea and You
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Hay un niño en su futuro
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Victims of Sin
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La bienamada
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Las Islas Marias
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Pecado
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The Poulterer Hawk
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Los pobres van al cielo
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The Young and the Damned
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The Torch
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Duelo en las montañas
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One Day of Life
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Nuestras vidas
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The Unloved Woman
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Pueblerina
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Salon Mexico
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Midnight
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El embajador
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Opium
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Prisión de sueños
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Un cuerpo de mujer
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Hidden River
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Maclovia
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Dueña y señora
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María la O
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The Fugitive
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The Pearl
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La casa colorada
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Enamorada
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The Last Adventure
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Cantaclaro
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One Day with the Devil
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Bugambilia
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The Abandoned
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Mas allá del amor
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Maria Candelaria
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El corsario negro
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La fuga
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The Headless Woman
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The Black Ace
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El Intruso
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Adiós, Mariquita linda
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Another Dawn
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Wild Flower
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The Circus
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El espectro de la novia
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The Three Musketeers
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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
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Mi viuda alegre
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Story of a Great Love
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Cuando viajan las estrellas
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Virgen de medianoche
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El Verdugo De Sevilla
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La gallina clueca
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El rápido de las 9.15
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Neither Blood Nor Sand
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The Unknown Policeman
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Creo en Dios
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
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La casa del rencor
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The Underdogs
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La canción del milagro
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Allá en el Trópico
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¡Que viene mi marido!
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Con su amable permiso
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The Mad Monk
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El jefe máximo
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La bestia negra
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La casa del ogro
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The Night of the Mayans
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Papacito lindo
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Refugiados en Madrid
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Mientras México duerme
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Canción del alma
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Los millones de Chaflán
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Padre de más de cuatro
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La Adelita
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Las mujeres mandan
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Jalisco nunca pierde
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Bajo el cielo de México
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Mi candidato
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Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Beautiful Sky
Movie · Director of Photography
Allá en el Rancho Grande
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El primo Basilio
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Enemigos
Movie · Still Photographer
Tribu
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El escándalo
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Desecration
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Hurray Mexico!
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