Teo Escamilla

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Teo Escamilla

Born October 23, 1940 · Sevilla, Spain

Died December 21, 1997 · aged 57

Teodoro Escamilla Serrano; Seville, 1940 - Matanzas, Cuba, 1997 Spanish cinematographer. In contrast to directors of photography who were concerned above all with creating their own style, Teo Escamilla was always in favor of a patient craftsmanship in cinematographic lighting that allowed him to adapt it, scene by scene, to the director's vision and to the specific story. He began his profession…

Known For

Cria!Cria! · 1976
Cria!
★ 7.51976
MovieDrama
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
The Spirit of the BeehiveThe Spirit of the Beehive · 1973
The Spirit of the Beehive
★ 7.61973
MovieDramaFantasy
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
Horror ExpressHorror Express · 1972
Horror Express
★ 6.31972
MovieHorror
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.
CarmenCarmen · 1983
Carmen
★ 6.71983
MovieDramaRomance
While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Faster, FasterFaster, Faster · 1981
Faster, Faster
★ 6.41981
MovieCrimeDrama
Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.
Peppermint FrappéPeppermint Frappé · 1967
Peppermint Frappé
★ 6.61967
MovieDramaThriller
Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.
Cut-Throats NineCut-Throats Nine · 1971
Cut-Throats Nine
★ 6.51971
MovieDramaWestern
A group of ruthless convicts is led to prison through an inhospitable mountain range by a small cavalry detachment commanded by Sergeant Brown, who is accompanied by his young and beautiful daughter.
Sweet HoursSweet Hours · 1982
Sweet Hours
★ 5.51982
MovieDrama
Juan Sahagún, since childhood, feels passion for his mother. One day in the street he sees a woman identical to her. He follows her and finds out that she works as an actress in a theater company, so Juan decides to hire the whole company to represent the people who have influenced him in his past. They recreate the same situations of yesteryear and Juan acts as the child he was, to relive the memories already forgotten.

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You AloneYou Alone · 1984
You Alone
★ 6.31984
MovieDramaDocumentary
In their spare time, after their studies or their work, children and adolescents between the ages of eight and sixteen meet at the School of Bullfighting in Madrid to learn the Art of Cúchares: Torear. In their stomachs there is no hunger as in the past, their dreams do not lie in having a farmhouse and being famous. Their only dreams are to be in front of a bull, animal with which death goes, fact of which they are fully aware, as their teachers continually remind them. These, retired bullfighters, some by age, others by force and all with their bodies full of scars produced by the horns of a bull. The nude bullfighting scene is fascinating without being exploitive, and it serves as an analogy for the vulnerability these young bullfighters have when in the ring with the bulls.

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