José Luis Alcaine

Known For

Camera

Born

Dec 26, 1938

Place of Birth

Tangier, Morocco

Credits

126 titles

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). 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

Filmography

2025

The Delights of the Garden

Director of Photography

Movie
2025

Pedro x Javis

Self

Tv
2024

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

Self

Movie
2023

Speak Sunlight

Director of Photography

Movie
2023

Strange Way of Life

Director of Photography

Movie
2021

Cuidado con lo que deseas

Director of Photography

Movie
2021

Parallel Mothers

Director of Photography

Movie
2021

Glow and Darkness

Director of Photography

Tv
2020

So My Grandma's a Lesbian!

Director of Photography

Movie
2020

The Human Voice

Director of Photography

Movie
2019

Domino

Director of Photography

Movie
2019

Pain and Glory

Director of Photography

Movie
2018

Everybody Knows

Director of Photography

Movie
2016

The Queen of Spain

Director of Photography

Movie
2016

Wild Oats

Director of Photography

Movie
2016

Finding Altamira

Director of Photography

Movie
2014

Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Self

Movie
2014

Aragón rodado

Self

Movie
2013

I'm So Excited!

Director of Photography

Movie
2013

Passion

Director of Photography

Movie
2013

La banda Picasso

Director of Photography

Movie
2011

The Skin I Live In

Director of Photography

Movie
2009

My Life in Ruins

Director of Photography

Movie
2009

Martes de Carnaval

Director of Photography

Tv
2007

Lolita's Club

Director of Photography

Movie
2007

The 13 Roses

Director of Photography

Movie
2007

Theresa: The Body of Christ

Director of Photography

Movie
2006

Blame

Director of Photography

Movie
2006

The Maidens' Conspiracy

Director of Photography

Movie
2006

Volver

Director of Photography

Movie
2005

Vida y color

Director of Photography

Movie
2005

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni

Director of Photography

Movie
2004

Roma

Director of Photography

Movie
2004

The Whore and the Whale

Director of Photography

Movie
2004

Bad Education

Director of Photography

Movie
2003

South from Granada

Director of Photography

Movie
2002

Nobody's Life

Cinematography

Movie
2002

Ruy Blas

Director of Photography

Movie
2002

The Dancer Upstairs

Director of Photography

Movie
2002

Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon

Director of Photography

Movie
1999

The Lost Lover

Director of Photography

Movie
1999

Blast from the Past

Director of Photography

Movie
1998

Gunslinger's Revenge

Director of Photography

Movie
1998

Don Juan

Director of Photography

Movie
1997

My Brother's Gun

Director of Photography

Movie
1996

Más allá del jardín

Director of Photography

Movie
1996

Freedomfighters

Director of Photography

Movie
1996

Confidencias

Director of Photography

Movie
1995

Two Much

Director of Photography

Movie
1994

Turkish Passion

Director of Photography

Movie