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Gabriel Figueroa

Gabriel Figueroa

Cinematographer

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.

Born: April 24, 1907 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Died: April 27, 1997 (Age 90)

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Gabriel Figueroa  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.8
Actor1979
Movie
6.9
ActorSelf1984
Movie
6.5
ActorSelf1984
Movie
ActorSelf1958
Short Film
6.1
ActorSelf1964
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1943
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1945
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1956
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1953
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1943
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1946
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1943
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1948
Movie
7.2
CrewCinematography1942
Movie
7.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
7.4
CameraCamera Operator1936
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
8.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1948
Movie
6.5
CrewCinematography1972
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1944
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1953
Movie
6.6
CrewCinematography1983
Movie
7.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1945
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
7.1
CrewCinematography1975
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1957
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Short Film
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography, Camera Operator1959
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
7
CrewCinematography1945
Movie
4.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1969
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1978
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1947
Movie
7.1
CrewCinematography1964
Movie
6.6
CrewCinematography1956
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1947
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1942
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
8.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1984
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
6.6
CrewCinematography1978
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
6.8
CrewCinematography1955
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1981
Movie
6.7
CrewCinematography1976
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1974
Movie
8.8
CrewCinematography1972
Movie
7.3
CrewCinematography1977
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Movie
4.9
CrewCinematography1951
Movie
6.3
CrewCinematography1944
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1937
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1974
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1944
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1942
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
3.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1946
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
6.9
CrewCinematography1975
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1956
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
7.2
CrewCinematography1956
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1939
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1942
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1939
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1969
Movie
7
CrewCinematography1966
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1966
Movie
2.9
CrewCinematography1983
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
7.5
CrewCinematography1955
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1977
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1939
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1945
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1946
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
7.2
CrewCinematography1960
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography, Cinematography1967
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1976
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1955
Movie
3.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
7.2
CrewCinematography1953
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1973
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1978
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1955
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1984
Movie
7.1
CrewPhotoscience Manager1958
Movie
6.9
CrewCinematography1978
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1966
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
7.2
CrewCinematography1952
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
7.4
CrewCinematography1954
Movie
5.9
CrewCinematography1949
Movie
7
CrewCinematography1981
Movie
CameraStill Photographer1934
Movie
6.3
CrewCinematography1944
Movie
CrewCinematography1949
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
6.4
CrewCinematography1973
Movie
CrewCinematography1965
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Short Film
6.3
CrewCinematography1965
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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