Néstor Almendros

Néstor Almendros

CinematographerDirectorCamera and Electrical Department
Born
October 30, 1930
Died
March 4, 1992

One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers. He was born in Spain but moved to Cuba by age 18 to join his exiled anti-Franco father. In Havana, he founded a cineclub and wrote film reviews. Then, he went on to study in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale. He directed six shorts in Cuba…

Art Director

More(1969)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Six in Paris(1965)

Camera and Electrical Department

Le Beau Mec(1979)
La brigade des maléfices(1970)
Wheel of Ashes(1968)
Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes(1966)

Self

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro(1993)as Self
Visions of Light(1992)as Self
De pelĂ­cula(1982)as Self - Interviewee
Tal cual(1988)as Self - Guest
Mag magazine(1988)as Self - Guest

Archive Footage

Néstor Almendros, el hombre que pintaba con luz(2017)as Self
Spanish Hollywood(2010)as Self
Cinema 3(1984)as Self

Archive Sound

Les Nuits de France Culture(1994)as Self