Gabriel Figueroa

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards »

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The Pearl Cinematographer

(1947)

Maria Candelaria Cinematographer

(1944)

Los Olvidados Cinematographer

(1950)

El niño y la niebla Cinematographer

(1953)

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Cinematographer (213 credits)

1985 We Are Basically Normal 2

1984 Under the Volcano

1984 El corazón de la noche

1983 Mundo mágico

1983 México 2000

1981 El héroe desconocido

1981 D.F./Distrito Federal

1981 Histoires extraordinaires (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Le joueur d'échecs de Maelzel (1981)

1980 Border Cop (as Gabriel Figuroa)

1980 A paso de cojo

1979 México mágico (Short documentary)

1979 Te quiero

1978 La casa del pelícano

1978 The Children of Sanchez

1978 Cananea

1978 Divinas palabras

1977 Balún Canán

1977 Maten al león

1976 Life Changes

1976 Coronation

1975 El llanto de la tortuga

1974 Presage

1974 Los perros de Dios

1974 El señor de Osanto

1973 El amor tiene cara de mujer

1973 El monasterio de los buitres

1973 Once Upon a Scoundrel (director of cinematography)

1973 Interval

1972 El festin de la loba

1972 Los hijos de Satanás

1972 Hijazo de mi vidaza

1972 María

1971 El cielo y tu

1971 The Professor

1971 La generala

1970 The Phantom Gunslinger

1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara (director of photography)

1970 Narda o el verano

1970 Kelly's Heroes (director of photography)

1969 The Great Sex War

1969 La puerta y la mujer del carnicero (segment "La puerta")

1969 The Big Cube (director of photography)

1968 The Chinese Room

1968 Corazón salvaje

1968 Mariana

1968 El escapulario

1968 Los ángeles de Puebla

1967 The Phantom Rider

1967 El asesino se embarca

1967 Domingo salvaje

1967 Su excelencia

1967 Pedro Páramo

1966 Cargamento prohibido

1966 ¡Viva Benito Canales!

1966 Los cuatro Juanes

1965 Amor amor amor (segment "Lola de mi vida")

1965 Las dos Elenas (Short)

1965 Lola de mi vida

1965 Un alma pura

1965 Simon of the Desert (Short)

1965 Los tres calaveras

1965 Escuela para solteras

1964 The Golden Cockerel

1964 En la mitad del mundo

1964 The Night of the Iguana (director of photography)

1963 Agente XU 777

1963 Días de otoño

1963 The Paper Man

1962 Um Dia de Vida

1962 La bandida

1962 El tejedor de milagros

1962 The Exterminating Angel (director of photography)

1961 Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante)

1961 Rosa blanca

1961 The Guns of Juana Gallo

1960 Macario

1960 The Young One

1960 La estrella vacía

1960 Impatient Heart

1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao

1959 The Soldiers of Pancho Villa

1959 Island for Two

1959 Sonatas

1959 Beyond All Limits

1959 Nazarin

1959 Café Colón

1958 30-30 Carbine

1958 The Smile of the Virgin

1958 Una golfa

1958 La rebelión de la sierra

1958 El rayo de Sinaloa (La venganza de Heraclio Bernal)

1958 El puño del amo

1958 Mujer en condominio

1958 Aquí está Heraclio Bernal

1958 Sueños de oro

1957 Raquel's Shoeshiner

1956 Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (director of photography)

1956 The Hidden One

1956 Pueblo, canto y esperanza

1956 Historia de un amor

1956 La doncella de piedra

1955 La Tierra del Fuego se apaga

1955 Estafa de amor

1955 La mujer X

1955 El monstruo en la sombra

1954 La rebelión de los colgados

1954 The White Rose

1954 Llévame en tus brazos

1954 Camelia

1953 El niño y la niebla

1953 Anxiety

1953 Mr. Photographer

1953 El

1953 Ni pobres ni ricos

1952 Crisol de pensamiento mexicano (Documentary short)

1952 Cuando levanta la niebla

1952 Soledad's Shawl

1952 El enamorado

1952 The Straying Rooster

1952 Little Love of My Life

1952 El mar y tú

1952 Hay un niño en su futuro

1952 Siempre tuya

1951 La bienamada

1951 Los islas Marias

1951 Los pobres siempre van al cielo

1951 Pecado

1951 Victims of Sin

1951 El gavilán pollero

1950 One Day of Life

1950 Los Olvidados

1950 The Torch

1950 Nuestras vidas

1950 Duelo en las montañas

1949 Un cuerpo de mujer

1949 Prisión de sueños

1949 La malquerida

1949 El embajador

1949 Pueblerina

1949 Opio

1949 Midnight

1949 Salón México

1948 Dueña y señora

1948 Maclovia

1948 The Pearl (director of photography)

1948 María la O

1948 Hidden River (as Gabriel Figueroa M.)

1947 The Fugitive

1947 The Pearl (director of photography)

1947 La casa colorada

1946 Enamorada

1946 The Last Adventure

1946 Más allá del amor

1946 Cantaclaro

1945 One Day with the Devil

1945 Bugambilia

1945 The Abandoned

1944 Adiós, Mariquita linda

1944 The Intruder

1944 The Black Pirate

1944 La fuga

1944 El as negro

1944 La mujer sin cabeza

1944 Maria Candelaria

1943 Another Dawn

1943 El espectro de la novia

1943 Wild Flower

1943 El circo

1942 The Saint That Forged a Country

1942 El verdugo de Sevilla

1942 Story of a Great Love

1942 The Three Musketeers

1942 Virgen de medianoche

1942 Cuando viajan las estrellas

1942 My Merry Widow

1941 La gallina clueca

1941 La casa del rencor

1941 The Unknown Policeman

1941 Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!

1941 El rápido de las 9.15

1941 Neither Blood Nor Sand

1941 Creo en Dios

1940 El monje loco

1940 Con su amable permiso

1940 El jefe máximo

1940 Allá en el Trópico

1940 ¡Que viene mi marido!

1940 Los de abajo

1940 The Miracle Song

1939 Dark Night of the Mayas

1939 Papacito lindo

1939 The Black Beast

1939 The House of the Ogre

1938 While Mexico Sleeps

1938 Father of More Than Four

1938 Los millones de Chaflán

1938 Refugees in Madrid

1938 La Adelita

1938 Mi candidato

1938 Song of the Soul

1937 Beneath the Sky of Mexico

1937 Las mujeres mandan

1937 Jalisco nunca pierde

1936 Desfile deportivo (Documentary short)

1936 Let's Go with Pancho Villa (as G. Figueroa)

1936 Petróleo (Documentary short)

1936 Beautiful Sky

1936 Out on the Big Ranch

1935 Cuernavaca (Documentary short)

1935 El primo Basilio

1935 Tribu

1934 The Scandal

1932 ¡Que viva Mexico!

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Camera and Electrical Department (8 credits)

1959 Sonatas (second camera operator - uncredited)

1948 Tarzan and the Mermaids (associate photographer)

1936 Let's Go with Pancho Villa (camera operator - uncredited)

1936 María Elena (camera operator)

1934 The Call of the Blood (still photographer)

1934 Enemigos (still photographer)

1934 Souls in Conflict (still photographer)

1933 Shadow of Pancho Villa (still photographer)

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Self (6 credits)

2008 The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1996 Gabriel Figueroa y la pintura mexicana (Short)
Self

1993 Memoria del cine mexicano (Documentary)
Self

1984 Observations Under the Volcano (Documentary)
Self

1983 Vamos al cine... Te lo disparo (Documentary short)
Self

1964 On the Trail of the Iguana (Short documentary)
Self

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Archive footage (4 credits)

2007 Un retrato de Diego (Documentary)
Self

2002 Cien años de Manuel Alvarez Bravo (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2002 Retrato intimo (TV Series documentary)
Self

2000 Clío (TV Series documentary)

- Emilio 'Indio' Fernández, Mexicano Mítico (2000)

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Alternate Names:

G. Figueroa | Gabriel Figuroa | Gabriel Figueroa M.

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Studied the violin before becoming a still photographer. See more »

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