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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
Horror Express · 1972Horror 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.
The Nest · 1980The Nest
★ 6.61980
MovieDrama
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Even though he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
Urtain, King of the Mountains · 1969Urtain, King of the Mountains
★ 6.51969
MovieDocumentary
A humorous visit to the turbulent world of the controversial Spanish boxer José Manuel Urtain.
The Spirit of the Beehive · 1973The Spirit of the Beehive
★ 7.71973
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.
Cria! · 1976Cria!
★ 7.51976
MovieDrama
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Faster, Faster · 1981Faster, 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.
In Memoriam · 1977In Memoriam
★ 6.21977
MovieDramaRomance
In an anguished triangle of silences and unspoken words, a man secretly loves a woman who loves another man.
You Alone · 1984You 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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Cria! · 1976Cria!
★ 7.51976
MovieDrama
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Director of Photography
In Memoriam · 1977In Memoriam
★ 6.21977
MovieDramaRomance
In an anguished triangle of silences and unspoken words, a man secretly loves a woman who loves another man.
Director of Photography
On the Line · 1984On the Line
★ 4.81984
MovieDrama
A Border Patrol agent is determined to catch his old nemesis, an American criminal who successfully smuggles illegal aliens across the border from Mexico.
Director of Photography
El Dorado · 1988El Dorado
★ 6.31988
MovieAdventureHistory
The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
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