Camera
Gabriel Figueroa
ES, EN, FR cinema · 187 credits
Born
24 April 1907
Died
27 April 1997 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also known as Gabriel Figueroa Mateos · G. Figueroa · Gabriel Figuroa · Gabriel Figueroa M.
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood. His mother died after giving birth to him. His father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography. Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where the established director of photography Gregg Toland taught Figueroa. Back in Mexico, his first film was Fernando de Fuentes's Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936) which would become one of the most popular films in Mexico and Latin America, and gave him his first award at the Venice Film Festival. He filmed 235 movies over 50 years, including Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and Río Escondido by Emilio Fernández. One of his main collaborators was Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in México.
Known for
Filmography
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
Director of Photography
The Heart of the Night
Director of Photography
Under the Volcano
Director of Photography
Mundo mágico
Director of Photography
Mexico 2000
Director of Photography
El héroe desconocido
Director of Photography
D.F./Distrito Federal
Director of Photography
At a Lame Pace
Director of Photography
The Border
Director of Photography
Te quiero
Director of Photography
Divine Words
Director of Photography
The Children of Sanchez
Director of Photography
The House of the Pelican
Director of Photography
Cananea
Director of Photography
Los hijos de Sanchez
Cinematography
Balún Canán
Director of Photography
Maten al León
Director of Photography
Coronation
Director of Photography
Life Changes
Director of Photography
The Cry of the Turtle
Director of Photography
The Dogs of God
Director of Photography
The Master of Ballantrae
Director of Photography
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Director of Photography
Omen
Director of Photography
El amor tiene cara de mujer
Director of Photography
The Monastery of the Vultures
Director of Photography
Interval
Director of Photography
The She Wolf's Orgy
Director of Photography
The Children of Satan
Director of Photography
María
Director of Photography
El cielo y tú
Director of Photography
El profe
Director of Photography
La Generala
Director of Photography
Kelly's Heroes
Director of Photography
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Director of Photography
Narda or The Summer
Director of Photography
The Phantom Gunslinger
Director of Photography
The Big Cube
Director of Photography
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
Director of Photography
The Chinese Room
Director of Photography
Mariana
Director of Photography
Pax?
Director of Photography
The Scapular
Director of Photography
Corazón salvaje
Director of Photography
The Angels of Puebla
Director of Photography
Savage Sunday
Director of Photography
El asesino se embarca
Director of Photography
Your Excellency
Director of Photography
Pedro Paramo
Director of Photography
Forbidden Cargo
Director of Photography
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Director of Photography
Los Cuatro Juanes
Director of Photography
Love Love Love
Director of Photography
Simon of the Desert
Director of Photography
Escuela para solteras
Director of Photography
Lola of My Life
Director of Photography
The Two Elenas
Director of Photography
A Pure Soul
Director of Photography
Los bienamados
1965
The Beloved Ones
Director of Photography
Los tres calaveras
Director of Photography
The Night of the Iguana
Director of Photography
The Posthumous Honors to the Distinguished Authors
Director of Photography
En la mitad del mundo
Director of Photography
The Golden Cockerel
Director of Photography
La Bandida
Director of Photography
The Paper Man
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Entrega Inmediata
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Autumn Days
Director of Photography
The Exterminating Angel
Director of Photography
Miracles Weaver
Director of Photography
The Important Man
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The White Rose
Director of Photography
Juana Gallo
Director of Photography
Macario
Director of Photography
The Young One
Director of Photography
Impaciencia del corazón
Director of Photography
La estrella vacía
Director of Photography
La Cucaracha
Director of Photography
Beyond All Limits
Director of Photography
Nazarín
Director of Photography
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Director of Photography
Sonatas
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Isla para dos
Director of Photography
Una cita de amor
Director of Photography
Carabina 30-30
1958
Carabina 30-30
Director of Photography
Sueños de oro
Director of Photography
Here is Heraclius Bernal
Director of Photography
El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
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La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
Director of Photography
Love of a Cabaret Singer
Director of Photography
The Smile of the Virgin
Director of Photography
El bolero de Raquel
Director of Photography
Basket of Mexican Tales
Director of Photography
La doncella de piedra
Director of Photography
Historia de un amor
Director of Photography
The Hidden One
Director of Photography
People, Song and Hope
Director of Photography
El monstruo en la sombra
Director of Photography
Estafa de amor
Director of Photography
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
Director of Photography
La mujer X
Director of Photography
Take Me in Your Arms
Director of Photography
Camelia
Director of Photography
Rebellion of the Hanged
Director of Photography
La rosa blanca
Director of Photography
Él
Director of Photography
Mr. Photographer
Director of Photography
Anxiety
Director of Photography
The Boy and the Fog
Director of Photography
When the Fog Lifts
Director of Photography
Siempre tuya
Director of Photography
Ahí viene Martín Corona
Director of Photography
El enamorado
Director of Photography
Soledad's Shawl
Director of Photography
The Straying Rooster
Director of Photography
The Sea and You
Director of Photography
Victims of Sin
Director of Photography
La bienamada
Director of Photography
Las Islas Marias
Director of Photography
Pecado
Director of Photography
The Young and the Damned
Director of Photography
The Torch
Director of Photography
Duelo en las montañas
Director of Photography
One Day of Life
Director of Photography
La malquerida
1949
The Unloved Woman
Director of Photography
Pueblerina
Director of Photography
Salon Mexico
Director of Photography
Midnight
Director of Photography
El embajador
Director of Photography
Opium
Director of Photography
Prisión de sueños
Director of Photography
Hidden River
Director of Photography
Maclovia
Director of Photography
The Fugitive
Director of Photography
The Pearl
Director of Photography
Enamorada
Director of Photography
The Last Adventure
Director of Photography
Cantaclaro
Director of Photography
One Day with the Devil
Director of Photography
Bugambilia
Director of Photography
The Abandoned
Director of Photography
Maria Candelaria
Director of Photography
El corsario negro
Director of Photography
La fuga
Director of Photography
The Headless Woman
Director of Photography
The Black Ace
Director of Photography
Another Dawn
Director of Photography
Wild Flower
Director of Photography
The Circus
Director of Photography
El espectro de la novia
Director of Photography
The Three Musketeers
Director of Photography
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
Director of Photography
Mi viuda alegre
Director of Photography
Story of a Great Love
Director of Photography
Cuando viajan las estrellas
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Virgen de medianoche
Director of Photography
La gallina clueca
Director of Photography
El rápido de las 9.15
Director of Photography
Neither Blood Nor Sand
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The Unknown Policeman
Director of Photography
Creo en Dios
Director of Photography
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
Director of Photography
La casa del rencor
Director of Photography
The Underdogs
Director of Photography
La canción del milagro
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Allá en el Trópico
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¡Que viene mi marido!
Director of Photography
Con su amable permiso
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The Mad Monk
Director of Photography
El jefe máximo
Director of Photography
La bestia negra
Director of Photography
La casa del ogro
Director of Photography
The Night of the Mayans
Director of Photography
Refugiados en Madrid
Director of Photography
Mientras México duerme
Director of Photography
La Adelita
Director of Photography
Las mujeres mandan
Director of Photography
Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
Camera Operator
Beautiful Sky
Director of Photography
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Director of Photography
El primo Basilio
Director of Photography
Enemigos
1934
Enemigos
Still Photographer