JOSÉ LUIS ALCAINE

José Luis Alcaine
José Luis Alcaine
Gender: Male
Known for: Camera
Birthday: December 26, 1938
Place of Birth: 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).

Notable work

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Filmography

Production

2025·
Pedro x Javis
Director of Photography
2021·
Glow and Darkness
Director of Photography
TBA·
El sastre del rey
Director of Photography
2025·
The Delights of the Garden
Director of Photography
TBA·
Adam's Perfection
Director of Photography
2023·
Speak Sunlight
Director of Photography
2023·
Strange Way of Life
Director of Photography
2021·
Cuidado con lo que deseas
Director of Photography
2021·
Parallel Mothers
Director of Photography
2020·
The Human Voice
Director of Photography
2020·
So My Grandma's a Lesbian!
Director of Photography
2019·
Domino
Director of Photography
2019·
Pain and Glory
Director of Photography
2018·
Everybody Knows
Director of Photography
2016·
Finding Altamira
Director of Photography
2016·
The Queen of Spain
Director of Photography
2016·
Wild Oats
Director of Photography
2013·
La banda Picasso
Director of Photography
2013·
I'm So Excited!
Director of Photography
2013·
Passion
Director of Photography
2011·
The Skin I Live In
Director of Photography
2009·
Martes de Carnaval
Director of Photography
2009·
My Life in Ruins
Director of Photography
2007·
The 13 Roses
Director of Photography
2007·
Lolita's Club
Director of Photography
2007·
Theresa: The Body of Christ
Director of Photography
2006·
Blame
Director of Photography
2006·
The Maidens' Conspiracy
Director of Photography
2006·
Volver
Director of Photography
2005·
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
Director of Photography
2005·
Vida y color
Director of Photography
2004·
Roma
Director of Photography
2004·
The Whore and the Whale
Director of Photography
2004·
Bad Education
Director of Photography
2003·
South from Granada
Director of Photography
2002·
Nobody's Life
Cinematography
2002·
Ruy Blas
Director of Photography
2002·
Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon
Director of Photography
2002·
The Dancer Upstairs
Director of Photography
1999·
The Lost Lover
Director of Photography
1999·
Blast from the Past
Director of Photography
1998·
Gunslinger's Revenge
Director of Photography
1998·
Don Juan
Director of Photography
1997·
My Brother's Gun
Director of Photography
1996·
Confidencias
Director of Photography
1996·
Freedomfighters
Director of Photography
1996·
Más allá del jardín
Director of Photography
1995·
Two Much
Director of Photography
1994·
Turkish Passion
Director of Photography
1994·
The Tit and the Moon
Director of Photography
1993·
Cuentos de Borges
Director of Photography
1993·
Intruso
Director of Photography
1993·
Golden Balls
Director of Photography
1992·
Belle Époque
Director of Photography
1992·
Jamon Jamon
Director of Photography
1991·
Lovers: A True Story
Director of Photography
1990·
Dancing Machine
Cinematography
1990·
Ay, Carmela!
Director of Photography
1990·
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Director of Photography
1989·
The Sea and the Weather
Director of Photography
1989·
Twisted Obsession
Director of Photography
1988·
Misadventure
Cinematography
1988·
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free
Director of Photography
1988·
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Director of Photography
1987·
Casanova
Director of Photography
1987·
Lute: Forge On or Die
Director of Photography
1986·
Voyage to Nowhere
Director of Photography
1986·
Hay que deshacer la casa
Director of Photography
1986·
Half of Heaven
Director of Photography
1986·
Mambru Went to War
Director of Photography
1985·
The Lost Paradise
Director of Photography
1985·
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Director of Photography
1985·
La reina del mate
Director of Photography
1985·
The Court of the Pharaoh
Cinematography
1985·
Star Knight
Director of Photography
1984·
El caso Almería
Director of Photography
1984·
Akelarre
Director of Photography
1984·
Tasio
Cinematography
1983·
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
Director of Photography
1983·
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
Director of Photography
1983·
El Sur
Director of Photography
1982·
Bésame, tonta
Director of Photography
1982·
Murder in the Central Committee
Director of Photography
1981·
The Triple Death of the Third Character
Director of Photography
1981·
Per favore, occupati di Amelia
Director of Photography
1980·
Girl with the Golden Panties
Director of Photography
1980·
La campanada
Director of Photography
1979·
Marián
Director of Photography
1979·
Gulliver
Director of Photography
1979·
From Hell to Victory
Director of Photography
1978·
Let's Go, Barbara
Director of Photography
1978·
Stay as You Are
Director of Photography
1978·
Red Gold
Director of Photography
1978·
Soldados
Director of Photography
1977·
Goodbye Alicia
Director of Photography
1977·
María, la santa
Director of Photography
1977·
God Bless Each Corner of This House
Director of Photography
1976·
Family Portrait
Director of Photography
1976·
School Trip
Director of Photography
1976·
Who Can Kill a Child?
Director of Photography
1976·
Songs for After a War
Director of Photography
1975·
Bride to Be
Director of Photography
1975·
País S. A.
Director of Photography
1975·
The Devil's Exorcist
Director of Photography
1975·
Sensualidad
Director of Photography
1975·
A Diary of a Murderess
Director of Photography
1974·
¿... Y el prójimo?
Director of Photography
1974·
I Saw Her First
Director of Photography
1973·
The Lonely Heart
Director of Photography
1973·
El niño es nuestro
Director of Photography
1972·
Plinio
Director of Photography
1970·
El cronicón
Director of Photography
1969·
El último día de la humanidad
Cinematography
1968·
Tinto con amor
Director of Photography
1968·
Paseo por los letreros de Madrid
Director of Photography
1967·
Acteón
Still Photographer
1967·
Javier y los invasores del espacio
Director of Photography
1966·
Los buenos samaritanos
Director of Photography
1966·
Nine Letters to Berta
Still Photographer
1965·
Carmen de Carabanchel
Director of Photography
1964·
Anabel
Still Photographer