Alex Phillips

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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 BeautifulThe Proud and the Beautiful · 1953
The 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.
GeronimoGeronimo · 1962
Geronimo
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 VillaShadow of Pancho Villa · 1933
Shadow of Pancho Villa
6.01933
MovieWarDrama
A 1933 film.
Viviré otra vezViviré otra vez · 1940
Viviré 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 salvajeCorazón salvaje · 1968
Corazón 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.
NanáNaná · 1944
Naná
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 CrusoeRobinson Crusoe · 1954
Robinson 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 baileDancing, salón de baile · 1952
Dancing, salón de baile
5.51952
MovieCrimeDrama
Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape.

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The Wonderful CountryThe Wonderful Country · 1959
The Wonderful Country
6.11959
MovieWestern
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

Director of Photography