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). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alcaine and the second or maternal family name is Escaño. He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver, and has received five Goya Awards for best cinematography.

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Blast from the Past

(1999) Director of Photography

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The Skin I Live In

(2011) Director of Photography

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Bad Education

(2004) Director of Photography

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Parallel Mothers

(2021) Director of Photography

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Strange Way of Life

(2023) Director of Photography

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Jamon Jamon

(1992) Director of Photography

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Pain and Glory

(2019) Director of Photography

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Volver

(2006) Director of Photography

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Self	Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S' 2024-10-03 Movie
2014	Self	Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 2014-08-19 Movie
	Self	Aragón rodado 2014-04-24 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Director of Photography	Speak Sunlight 2023-09-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Strange Way of Life 2023-05-26 Movie
2021	Director of Photography	Parallel Mothers 2021-10-08 Movie
2020	Director of Photography	So My Grandma's a Lesbian! 2020-09-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Human Voice 2020-09-03 Movie
2019	Director of Photography	Domino 2019-05-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Pain and Glory 2019-03-22 Movie
2018	Director of Photography	Everybody Knows 2018-05-09 Movie
2016	Director of Photography	The Queen of Spain 2016-11-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Wild Oats 2016-09-22 Movie
2013	Director of Photography	I'm So Excited! 2013-03-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Passion 2013-02-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	La banda Picasso 2013-01-25 Movie
2011	Director of Photography	The Skin I Live In 2011-08-17 Movie
2009	Director of Photography	My Life in Ruins 2009-06-05 Movie
2007	Director of Photography	Lolita's Club 2007-11-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Theresa: The Body of Christ 2007-03-09 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	Blame 2006-08-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Maidens' Conspiracy 2006-04-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Volver 2006-03-17 Movie
2005	Director of Photography	Vida y color 2005-12-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Director of Photography	Roma 2004-04-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Whore and the Whale 2004-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bad Education 2004-03-19 Movie
2003	Director of Photography	South from Granada 2003-01-09 Movie
2002	Director of Photography	Ruy Blas 2002-10-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Dancer Upstairs 2002-09-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Antonio, a boy in Lisbon 2002-01-18 Movie
1999	Director of Photography	The Lost Lover 1999-10-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Blast from the Past 1999-02-12 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	Gunslinger's Revenge 1998-12-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Don Juan 1998-04-28 Movie
1996	Director of Photography	Más allá del jardín 1996-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Freedomfighters 1996-04-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Confidencias 1996-01-01 Movie
1995	Director of Photography	Two Much 1995-12-01 Movie
1994	Director of Photography	Turkish Passion 1994-11-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Tit & the Moon 1994-03-29 Movie
1993	Director of Photography	Golden Balls 1993-09-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Intruso 1993-09-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cuentos de Borges 1993-05-26 TV Show
1992	Director of Photography	Belle Époque 1992-12-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Jamon Jamon 1992-09-03 Movie
1991	Director of Photography	Lovers: A True Story 1991-02-23 Movie
1990	Director of Photography	Ay, Carmela! 1990-03-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1990-01-22 Movie
1988	Director of Photography	El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free 1988-04-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988-03-25 Movie
1987	Director of Photography	Lute: Forge On or Die 1987-09-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Casanova 1987-03-01 Movie
1986	Director of Photography	Half of Heaven 1986-10-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hay que deshacer la casa 1986-10-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mambrú se fue a la guerra 1986-05-16 Movie
1985	Director of Photography	Star Knight 1985-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Rustlers' Rhapsody 1985-05-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	La reina del mate 1985-04-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lost Paradise 1985-01-13 Movie
1984	Director of Photography	Akelarre 1984-03-08 Movie
1983	Director of Photography	Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado 1983-11-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos 1983-11-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	El Sur 1983-05-18 Movie
1982	Director of Photography	Murder in the Central Committee 1982-08-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bésame, tonta 1982-04-05 Movie
1981	Director of Photography	Per favore, occupati di Amelia 1981-06-01 Movie
1980	Director of Photography	La campanada 1980-03-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Girl with the Golden Panties 1980-03-28 Movie
1979	Director of Photography	The Triple Death of the Third Character 1979-09-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gulliver 1979-04-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	From Hell to Victory 1979-03-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Marián 1979-02-01 Movie
1978	Director of Photography	Soldados 1978-11-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Let's Go, Barbara 1978-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Stay As You Are 1978-09-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Red Gold 1978-08-18 Movie
1977	Director of Photography	God Bless Each Corner of This House 1977-09-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Goodbye Alicia 1977-04-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	María, la santa 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director of Photography	School Trip 1976-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Family Portrait 1976-09-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Who Can Kill a Child? 1976-04-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Songs for After a War 1976-02-09 Movie
1975	Director of Photography	País S. A. 1975-10-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Diary of a Murderess 1975-05-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sensualidad 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Devil's Exorcist 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Pepita Jiménez 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director of Photography	¿... Y el prójimo? 1974-07-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	I Saw Her First 1974-06-18 Movie
1973	Director of Photography	Corazón solitario 1973-07-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	El niño es nuestro 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Director of Photography	Plinio 1972-03-13 TV Show
1970	Director of Photography	El cronicón 1970-06-04 Movie
1968	Director of Photography	Paseo por los letreros de Madrid 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tinto con amor 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Still Photographer	Acteón 1967-06-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Javier y los invasores del espacio 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Still Photographer	Nine Letters to Berta 1966-06-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Los buenos samaritanos 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Director of Photography	Carmen de Carabanchel 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Still Photographer	Anabel 1964-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Adam's Perfection Movie
	Director of Photography	Glow and Darkness TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1986	Cinematography	Voyage to Nowhere 1986-10-15 Movie
1985	Cinematography	The Court of the Pharaoh 1985-09-26 Movie
1984	Cinematography	Tasio 1984-09-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv