José Luis Alcaine

José Luis Alcaine

Known for
Camera
Born
December 26, 1938 (age 87)
Birthplace
Tangier, Morocco

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Adam's Perfection poster

Adam's Perfection

Movie · Director of Photography

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El sastre del rey

El sastre del rey

Movie · Director of Photography

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Untitled Woody Allen Madrid Project

Untitled Woody Allen Madrid Project

Movie · Director of Photography

2025
The Delights of the Garden poster

The Delights of the Garden

Movie · Director of Photography

2023
Strange Way of Life poster

Strange Way of Life

Movie · Director of Photography

2023
Speak Sunlight poster

Speak Sunlight

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
Parallel Mothers poster

Parallel Mothers

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
Cuidado con lo que deseas poster

Cuidado con lo que deseas

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
Glow and Darkness

Glow and Darkness

TV · Director of Photography · 10 eps

2020
So My Grandma's a Lesbian! poster

So My Grandma's a Lesbian!

Movie · Director of Photography

2020
The Human Voice poster

The Human Voice

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Pain and Glory poster

Pain and Glory

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Domino poster

Domino

Movie · Director of Photography

2018
Everybody Knows poster

Everybody Knows

Movie · Director of Photography

2016
Wild Oats poster

Wild Oats

Movie · Director of Photography

2016
The Queen of Spain poster

The Queen of Spain

Movie · Director of Photography

2016
Finding Altamira poster

Finding Altamira

Movie · Director of Photography

2013
Passion poster

Passion

Movie · Director of Photography

2013
I'm So Excited! poster

I'm So Excited!

Movie · Director of Photography

2013
La banda Picasso poster

La banda Picasso

Movie · Director of Photography

2011
The Skin I Live In poster

The Skin I Live In

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
My Life in Ruins poster

My Life in Ruins

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
Martes de Carnaval poster

Martes de Carnaval

TV · Director of Photography · 3 eps

2007
Theresa: The Body of Christ poster

Theresa: The Body of Christ

Movie · Director of Photography

2007
Lolita's Club poster

Lolita's Club

Movie · Director of Photography

2007
The 13 Roses poster

The 13 Roses

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
Volver poster

Volver

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
The Maidens' Conspiracy poster

The Maidens' Conspiracy

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
Blame poster

Blame

Movie · Director of Photography

2005
Vida y color poster

Vida y color

Movie · Director of Photography

2005
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni poster

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni

Movie · Director of Photography

2004
Bad Education poster

Bad Education

Movie · Director of Photography

2004
The Whore and the Whale poster

The Whore and the Whale

Movie · Director of Photography

2004
Roma poster

Roma

Movie · Director of Photography

2003
South from Granada poster

South from Granada

Movie · Director of Photography

2002
The Dancer Upstairs poster

The Dancer Upstairs

Movie · Director of Photography

2002
Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon poster

Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon

Movie · Director of Photography

2002
Ruy Blas poster

Ruy Blas

Movie · Director of Photography

1999
Blast from the Past poster

Blast from the Past

Movie · Director of Photography

1999
The Lost Lover poster

The Lost Lover

Movie · Director of Photography

1998
Don Juan poster

Don Juan

Movie · Director of Photography

1998
Gunslinger's Revenge poster

Gunslinger's Revenge

Movie · Director of Photography

1997
My Brother's Gun poster

My Brother's Gun

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Más allá del jardín poster

Más allá del jardín

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Freedomfighters poster

Freedomfighters

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Confidencias poster

Confidencias

Movie · Director of Photography

1995
Two Much poster

Two Much

Movie · Director of Photography

1994
The Tit and the Moon poster

The Tit and the Moon

Movie · Director of Photography

1994
Turkish Passion poster

Turkish Passion

Movie · Director of Photography

1993
Golden Balls poster

Golden Balls

Movie · Director of Photography

1993
Intruso poster

Intruso

Movie · Director of Photography

1993
Cuentos de Borges poster

Cuentos de Borges

TV · Director of Photography · 1 ep

1992
Jamon Jamon poster

Jamon Jamon

Movie · Director of Photography

1992
Belle Époque poster

Belle Époque

Movie · Director of Photography

1991
Lovers: A True Story poster

Lovers: A True Story

Movie · Director of Photography

1990
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! poster

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Movie · Director of Photography

1990
Ay, Carmela! poster

Ay, Carmela!

Movie · Director of Photography

1989
Twisted Obsession poster

Twisted Obsession

Movie · Director of Photography

1989
The Sea and the Weather poster

The Sea and the Weather

Movie · Director of Photography

1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown poster

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Movie · Director of Photography

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

El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free

Movie · Director of Photography

1987
Lute: Forge On or Die poster

Lute: Forge On or Die

Movie · Director of Photography

1987
Casanova poster

Casanova

Movie · Director of Photography

1986
Mambru Went to War poster

Mambru Went to War

Movie · Director of Photography

1986
Half of Heaven poster

Half of Heaven

Movie · Director of Photography

1986
Hay que deshacer la casa poster

Hay que deshacer la casa

Movie · Director of Photography

1986
Voyage to Nowhere poster

Voyage to Nowhere

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
Star Knight poster

Star Knight

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
La reina del mate poster

La reina del mate

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody poster

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
The Lost Paradise poster

The Lost Paradise

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
The Court of the Pharaoh poster

The Court of the Pharaoh

Movie · Director of Photography

1984
Akelarre poster

Akelarre

Movie · Director of Photography

1984
El caso Almería poster

El caso Almería

Movie · Director of Photography

1983
El Sur poster

El Sur

Movie · Director of Photography

1983
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos poster

Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos

Movie · Director of Photography

1983
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado poster

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

Movie · Director of Photography

1982
Murder in the Central Committee poster

Murder in the Central Committee

Movie · Director of Photography

1982
Bésame, tonta poster

Bésame, tonta

Movie · Director of Photography

1981
Per favore, occupati di Amelia poster

Per favore, occupati di Amelia

Movie · Director of Photography

1981
The Triple Death of the Third Character poster

The Triple Death of the Third Character

Movie · Director of Photography

1980
La campanada poster

La campanada

Movie · Director of Photography

1980
Girl with the Golden Panties poster

Girl with the Golden Panties

Movie · Director of Photography

1979
From Hell to Victory poster

From Hell to Victory

Movie · Director of Photography

1979
Gulliver poster

Gulliver

Movie · Director of Photography

1979
Marián poster

Marián

Movie · Director of Photography

1978
Soldados poster

Soldados

Movie · Director of Photography

1978
Red Gold poster

Red Gold

Movie · Director of Photography

1978
Stay as You Are poster

Stay as You Are

Movie · Director of Photography

1978
Let's Go, Barbara poster

Let's Go, Barbara

Movie · Director of Photography

1977
God Bless Each Corner of This House poster

God Bless Each Corner of This House

Movie · Director of Photography

1977
María, la santa poster

María, la santa

Movie · Director of Photography

1977
Goodbye Alicia poster

Goodbye Alicia

Movie · Director of Photography

1976
Songs for After a War poster

Songs for After a War

Movie · Director of Photography

1976
Who Can Kill a Child? poster

Who Can Kill a Child?

Movie · Director of Photography

1976
School Trip poster

School Trip

Movie · Director of Photography

1976
Family Portrait poster

Family Portrait

Movie · Director of Photography

1975
A Diary of a Murderess poster

A Diary of a Murderess

Movie · Director of Photography

1975
Sensualidad poster

Sensualidad

Movie · Director of Photography

1975
The Devil's Exorcist poster

The Devil's Exorcist

Movie · Director of Photography

1975
País S. A. poster

País S. A.

Movie · Director of Photography

1975
Bride to Be poster

Bride to Be

Movie · Director of Photography

1974
I Saw Her First poster

I Saw Her First

Movie · Director of Photography

1974
¿... Y el prójimo? poster

¿... Y el prójimo?

Movie · Director of Photography

1973
El niño es nuestro poster

El niño es nuestro

Movie · Director of Photography

1973
The Lonely Heart poster

The Lonely Heart

Movie · Director of Photography

1972
Plinio poster

Plinio

TV · Director of Photography · 8 eps

1970
El cronicón poster

El cronicón

Movie · Director of Photography

1968
Paseo por los letreros de Madrid poster

Paseo por los letreros de Madrid

Movie · Director of Photography

1968
Tinto con amor poster

Tinto con amor

Movie · Director of Photography

1967
Javier y los invasores del espacio poster

Javier y los invasores del espacio

Movie · Director of Photography

1967
Acteón poster

Acteón

Movie · Still Photographer

1966
Nine Letters to Berta poster

Nine Letters to Berta

Movie · Still Photographer

1966
Los buenos samaritanos poster

Los buenos samaritanos

Movie · Director of Photography

1965
Carmen de Carabanchel poster

Carmen de Carabanchel

Movie · Director of Photography

1964
Anabel poster

Anabel

Movie · Still Photographer