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Gabriel Figueroa is a Director of Photography and Cinematography Mexicain born on 24 april 1907 at Mexico City (Mexique)
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.
(1964)
(Director of Photography)
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Gabriel Figueroa
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Nationality Mexique
Birth 24 april 1907 at Mexico City (Mexique)
Death 27 april 1997 (at 90 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)
Birth 24 april 1907 at Mexico City (Mexique)
Death 27 april 1997 (at 90 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)
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.
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The Unknown Policeman (1941)
, 1h48Directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Cantinflas, Mapy Cortés, Gloria Marín, Julio Villarreal, Carlos López Moctezuma, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
Neither Blood Nor Sand (1941)
, 1h44Genres Comedy
Actors Cantinflas, Susana Guízar, Pedro Armendáriz, Alfredo del Diestro, Miguel Inclán, Arturo Soto Rangel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Allá en el trópico (1940)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Tito Guízar, Esther Fernández, Carlos López, Sara García, René Cardona
Roles Director of Photography
The Miracle Song (1940)
, 1h25Genres Drama, Musical
Actors José Mojica, Stella Inda
Roles Director of Photography
El jefe máximo (1940)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Pedro Armendáriz, Alfredo del Diestro, Gloria Marín, Emma Roldán
Roles Director of Photography
The Underdogs (1940)
Directed by Chano Urueta
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Emilio Fernández, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Esther Fernández, Carlos López Moctezuma, Alfredo del Diestro, Emma Roldán
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
¡Que viene mi marido! (1940)
Directed by Chano Urueta
Genres Comedy
Actors Arturo de Córdova, Joaquín Pardavé, Carlos López Moctezuma, Emma Roldán, Julián Soler, Arturo Soto Rangel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
La casa del ogro (1939)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Fernando Soler, Alfredo del Diestro, Arturo de Córdova, Emma Roldán, Gloria Marín, Carlos López Moctezuma
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
The Night of the Mayans (1939)
, 1h41Directed by Chano Urueta
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Stella Inda, Arturo de Córdova, Isabela Corona, Luis Aldás, Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
While Mexico Sleeps (1938)
, 1h37Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Arturo de Córdova, Carlos López, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Alfonso Bedoya
Roles Director of Photography
Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936)
, 1h35Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Tito Guízar, Esther Fernández, René Cardona, René Cardona Jr., Carlos López, Emma Roldán
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
The owner and the general manager of a ranch (Rancho Grande), two good friends, fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Let's Go with Pancho Villa! (1936)
, 1h32Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Antonio R. Frausto, Carlos López, Raúl de Anda, Dolores Camarillo, Miguel M. Delgado, Silvestre Revueltas
Roles Camera Operator
Rating76%
Villa was portrayed by Domingo Soler. Directed by Fernando de Fuentes, the film tells the story of a group of friends who hear about the revolution and Villa and decide to join him, only to suffer the cruel reality of war under the command of a Villa who simply does not care about his men.
Enemigos (1934)
Directed by Chano Urueta
Genres Drama, War
Actors Miguel M. Delgado, Dolores Camarillo, Antonio R. Frausto
Roles Still Photographer
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Mexico 2000 (1983)
, 1h35Directed by Rogelio A. González
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Chucho Salinas, Héctor Lechuga, Tina Romero
Roles Cinematography
Rating67%
The film is set in an utopic Mexico City in 2000. Is composed by a series of sarcastic stories where the characters remember what once were the problems facing the country during the 1980s, such as education, family, security, transportation and politics. The film covers the lifestyle on 2000 where the characters are remembering how Mexico was just a few decades ago, with many social and political problems. In the first year of the twenty-first century all the inhabitants are unemployed, there are no homeless, no poverty, 3 languages are spoken, primary agricultural products are exported all over the world, the Americans emigrate to Mexico, and foreigners travel to study there. Likewise, the Mexican culture has spread around the world; it is the culture of the world's greatest power. Anyway, Mexicans are enthusiastic, disciplined, studious people; there is no racism or poverty or social inequality. There is no corruption, no pollution, no unemployment.
The House of the Pelican (1978)
, 1h35Directed by Sergio Véjar
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jacqueline Andere, Daniela Romo, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Isabela Corona, Carlos Agostí
Roles Cinematography
Rating62%
Elementary school teacher Margarita Ramírez tries to make her life beautiful once again with her son Nilo. He is a result of a rape in a distant city, but Margarita loves him nonetheless.