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Alex Phillips
Born January 11, 1901 · Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Died June 14, 1977 · aged 76
Alex Phillips (January 11, 1901 Renfrew, Ontario – June 14, 1977) was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer. In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expres…
Known For
The Proud and the Beautiful · 1953The Proud and the Beautiful
★ 6.71953
MovieDrama
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
Geronimo · 1962Geronimo
★ 5.51962
MovieWesternHistory
In 1883, the Apache Indians lead by Geronimo reluctantly surrender to the attacks of American and Mexican troops, in exchange for a territory and food for their warriors. Soon though, Geronimo escapes the camps and declares war against the Americans.
Shadow of Pancho Villa · 1933Shadow of Pancho Villa
★ 6.01933
MovieWarDrama
A 1933 film.
Viviré otra vez · 1940Viviré otra vez
★ 5.61940
MovieDramaComedy
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
Corazón salvaje · 1968Corazón salvaje
★ 4.71968
MovieDramaRomance
Calculating Aime sends her sister Monica to distract a love-struck smuggler, Juan del Diablo, when he threatens to reveal their affair to Aime's new rich husband. They are discovered alone together and to save Monica's virtue, Juan del Diablo promises to marry Monica.
Naná · 1944Naná
★ 4.01944
MovieDrama
Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
Robinson Crusoe · 1954Robinson Crusoe
★ 6.31954
MovieAdventureDrama
The titular adventurer, after defying his parents to go to sea, survives a shipwreck and becomes a castaway on a deserted island for nearly thirty years, learning to build a new life from scratch, discovering companionship with a native man he names Friday, and eventually returning to civilisation a changed man, finding wealth and new challenges.
Dancing, salón de baile · 1952Dancing, salón de baile
★ 5.51952
MovieCrimeDrama
Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape.
Filmography
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Shadow of Pancho Villa · 1933Shadow of Pancho Villa
★ 6.01933
MovieWarDrama
A 1933 film.
Director of Photography
Viviré otra vez · 1940Viviré otra vez
★ 5.61940
MovieDramaComedy
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
Director of Photography
Naná · 1944Naná
★ 4.01944
MovieDrama
Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
Director of Photography
Dancing, salón de baile · 1952Dancing, salón de baile
★ 5.51952
MovieCrimeDrama
Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape.
Director of Photography
Ojos tapatios · 1938Ojos tapatios
★ 6.31938
MovieDramaMusic
Mexican feature film
Director of Photography
Alazán y enamorado · 1966Alazán y enamorado
★ 6.31966
MovieMusicAdventure
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Director of Photography
Tizoc · 1957Tizoc
★ 7.61957
MovieDramaRomance
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
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