Gabriel Figueroa
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.
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Films (216)
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
1986 · Director of Photography
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984 · Self
Observations Under the Volcano
1984 · Self
Under the Volcano
1984 · Director of Photography
The Heart of the Night
1984 · Director of Photography
Mundo mágico
1983 · Director of Photography
El héroe desconocido
1983 · Director of Photography
Mexico 2000
1983 · Director of Photography
D.F./Distrito Federal
1981 · Director of Photography
The Border
1980 · Director of Photography
At a Lame Pace
1980 · Director of Photography
México de mis amores
1979
Te quiero
1979 · Director of Photography
The House of the Pelican
1978 · Director of Photography
Los hijos de Sanchez
1978 · Cinematography
Cananea
1978 · Director of Photography
The Children of Sanchez
1978 · Director of Photography
Divine Words
1978 · Director of Photography
Balún Canán
1977 · Director of Photography
Maten al León
1977 · Director of Photography
Life Changes
1976 · Director of Photography
Coronation
1976 · Director of Photography
The Cry of the Turtle
1975 · Director of Photography
The Dogs of God
1974 · Director of Photography
Omen
1974 · Director of Photography
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974 · Director of Photography
The Master of Ballantrae
1974 · Director of Photography
El amor tiene cara de mujer
1973 · Director of Photography
The Monastery of the Vultures
1973 · Director of Photography
Interval
1973 · Director of Photography
The She Wolf's Orgy
1972 · Director of Photography
The Children of Satan
1972 · Director of Photography
Hijazo de mi vidaza
1972 · Director of Photography
María
1972 · Director of Photography
El cielo y tú
1971 · Director of Photography
El profe
1971 · Director of Photography
La Generala
1971 · Director of Photography
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Director of Photography
The Phantom Gunslinger
1970 · Director of Photography
Narda or The Summer
1970 · Director of Photography
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970 · Director of Photography
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
1969 · Director of Photography
The Big Cube
1969 · Director of Photography
The Great Sex War
1969 · Director of Photography
Pax?
1968 · Director of Photography
The Chinese Room
1968 · Director of Photography
Corazón salvaje
1968 · Director of Photography
Mariana
1968 · Director of Photography
The Scapular
1968 · Director of Photography
The Angels of Puebla
1968 · Director of Photography
El asesino se embarca
1967 · Director of Photography
Savage Sunday
1967 · Director of Photography
Your Excellency
1967 · Director of Photography
Pedro Paramo
1967 · Director of Photography
El jinete fantasma
1967 · Director of Photography
Forbidden Cargo
1966 · Director of Photography
¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966 · Director of Photography
Los Cuatro Juanes
1966 · Director of Photography
Love Love Love
1965 · Director of Photography
Lola of My Life
1965 · Director of Photography
The Two Elenas
1965 · Director of Photography
A Pure Soul
1965 · Director of Photography
The Beloved Ones
1965 · Director of Photography
Simon of the Desert
1965 · Director of Photography
Los tres calaveras
1965 · Director of Photography
Escuela para solteras
1965 · Director of Photography
The Golden Cockerel
1964 · Director of Photography
The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Director of Photography
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Self
The Posthumous Honors to the Distinguished Authors
1964 · Director of Photography
En la mitad del mundo
1964 · Director of Photography
Entrega Inmediata
1963 · Director of Photography
Autumn Days
1963 · Director of Photography
The Paper Man
1963 · Director of Photography
La Bandida
1963 · Director of Photography
Miracles Weaver
1962 · Director of Photography
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Director of Photography
The Important Man
1961 · Director of Photography
Juana Gallo
1961 · Director of Photography
The White Rose
1961 · Director of Photography
The Young One
1960 · Director of Photography
Impaciencia del corazón
1960 · Director of Photography
Macario
1960 · Director of Photography
La estrella vacía
1960 · Director of Photography
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 · Director of Photography
La Cucaracha
1959 · Director of Photography
Sonatas
1959 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Isla para dos
1959 · Director of Photography
Beyond All Limits
1959 · Director of Photography
Nazarín
1959 · Director of Photography
Café Colón
1959 · Director of Photography
Carabina 30-30
1958 · Director of Photography
The Smile of the Virgin
1958 · Director of Photography
Love of a Cabaret Singer
1958 · Director of Photography
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958 · Self
La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
1958 · Director of Photography
El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
1958 · Director of Photography
Una cita de amor
1958 · Director of Photography
Here is Heraclius Bernal
1958 · Director of Photography
Sueños de oro
1958 · Director of Photography
Mujer en condominio
1958 · Director of Photography
El bolero de Raquel
1957 · Director of Photography
The Hidden One
1956 · Director of Photography
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956 · Director of Photography
People, Song and Hope
1956 · Director of Photography
Historia de un amor
1956 · Director of Photography
La doncella de piedra
1956 · Director of Photography
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
1955 · Director of Photography
Estafa de amor
1955 · Director of Photography
La mujer X
1955 · Director of Photography
El monstruo en la sombra
1955 · Director of Photography
La rosa blanca
1954 · Director of Photography
Take Me in Your Arms
1954 · Director of Photography
Camelia
1954 · Director of Photography
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954 · Director of Photography
The Boy and the Fog
1953 · Director of Photography
Anxiety
1953 · Director of Photography
Mr. Photographer
1953 · Director of Photography
Él
1953 · Director of Photography
Ni pobres ni ricos
1953 · Director of Photography
When the Fog Lifts
1952 · Director of Photography
Soledad's Shawl
1952 · Director of Photography
El enamorado
1952 · Director of Photography
The Straying Rooster
1952 · Director of Photography
Ahí viene Martín Corona
1952 · Director of Photography
The Sea and You
1952 · Director of Photography
Hay un niño en su futuro
1952 · Director of Photography
Siempre tuya
1952 · Director of Photography
La bienamada
1951 · Director of Photography
Las Islas Marias
1951 · Director of Photography
Los pobres van al cielo
1951 · Director of Photography
Pecado
1951 · Director of Photography
Victims of Sin
1951 · Director of Photography
The Poulterer Hawk
1951 · Director of Photography
The Young and the Damned
1950 · Director of Photography
One Day of Life
1950 · Director of Photography
The Torch
1950 · Director of Photography
Nuestras vidas
1950 · Director of Photography
Duelo en las montañas
1950 · Director of Photography
Un cuerpo de mujer
1949 · Director of Photography
Prisión de sueños
1949 · Director of Photography
The Unloved Woman
1949 · Director of Photography
El embajador
1949 · Director of Photography
Pueblerina
1949 · Director of Photography
Opium
1949 · Director of Photography
Midnight
1949 · Director of Photography
Salon Mexico
1949 · Director of Photography
Dueña y señora
1948 · Director of Photography
Maclovia
1948 · Director of Photography
Hidden River
1948 · Director of Photography
María la O
1948 · Director of Photography
The Fugitive
1947 · Director of Photography
The Pearl
1947 · Director of Photography
La casa colorada
1947 · Director of Photography
Enamorada
1946 · Director of Photography
The Last Adventure
1946 · Director of Photography
Cantaclaro
1946 · Director of Photography
One Day with the Devil
1945 · Director of Photography
Bugambilia
1945 · Director of Photography
Mas allá del amor
1945 · Director of Photography
The Abandoned
1945 · Director of Photography
El corsario negro
1944 · Director of Photography
La fuga
1944 · Director of Photography
The Black Ace
1944 · Director of Photography
The Headless Woman
1944 · Director of Photography
Maria Candelaria
1944 · Director of Photography
El Intruso
1944 · Director of Photography
Adiós, Mariquita linda
1944 · Director of Photography
Another Dawn
1943 · Director of Photography
El espectro de la novia
1943 · Director of Photography
Wild Flower
1943 · Director of Photography
The Circus
1943 · Director of Photography
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
1942 · Director of Photography
El Verdugo De Sevilla
1942 · Director of Photography
Story of a Great Love
1942 · Director of Photography
The Three Musketeers
1942 · Director of Photography
Virgen de medianoche
1942 · Director of Photography
Cuando viajan las estrellas
1942 · Director of Photography
Mi viuda alegre
1942 · Director of Photography
La gallina clueca
1941 · Director of Photography
La casa del rencor
1941 · Director of Photography
The Unknown Policeman
1941 · Director of Photography
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
1941 · Director of Photography
El rápido de las 9.15
1941 · Director of Photography
Neither Blood Nor Sand
1941 · Director of Photography
Creo en Dios
1941 · Director of Photography
The Mad Monk
1940 · Director of Photography
Con su amable permiso
1940 · Director of Photography
El jefe máximo
1940 · Director of Photography
Allá en el Trópico
1940 · Director of Photography
¡Que viene mi marido!
1940 · Director of Photography
The Underdogs
1940 · Director of Photography
La canción del milagro
1940 · Director of Photography
The Night of the Mayans
1939 · Director of Photography
La bestia negra
1939 · Director of Photography
La casa del ogro
1939 · Director of Photography
Papacito lindo
1939 · Director of Photography
Mientras México duerme
1938 · Director of Photography
Los millones de Chaflán
1938 · Director of Photography
Refugiados en Madrid
1938 · Director of Photography
Canción del alma
1938 · Director of Photography
Padre de más de cuatro
1938 · Director of Photography
La Adelita
1937 · Director of Photography
Las mujeres mandan
1937 · Director of Photography
Mi candidato
1937 · Director of Photography
Jalisco nunca pierde
1937 · Director of Photography
Bajo el cielo de México
1937 · Director of Photography
Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
1936 · Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936 · Director of Photography
Beautiful Sky
1936 · Director of Photography
El primo Basilio
1935 · Director of Photography
Desecration
1934 · Director of Photography
Enemigos
1934 · Still Photographer
Tribu
1934 · Director of Photography
El escándalo
1934 · Director of Photography
Hurray Mexico!
1932 · Director of Photography
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