José Luis Alcaine
Camera1938Tangier, Morocco
Biography
José Luis Alcaine Escaño (born 26 December 1938) is a Spanish cinematographer. Educated in Tangier, he was the first cinematographer to use a fluorescent tube as key lighting in the 1970s. He has worked on films such as Belle Époque (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1993), Two Much (1995), Blast from the Past (1999), and The Skin I Live In (2011).
He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver, and has received five Goya Awards for best cinematography.
In February 2019, he received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.
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Known For
Acting History
Future
Adam's Perfection
Director of Photography
2025
Pedro x Javis
TVas Self
The Delights of the Garden
Director of Photography
Pedro x Javis
TVDirector of Photography
2023
Speak Sunlight
Director of Photography
Strange Way of Life
Director of Photography
2021
Cuidado con lo que deseas
Director of Photography
Parallel Mothers
Director of Photography
Glow and Darkness
TVDirector of Photography
2020
The Human Voice
Director of Photography
So My Grandma's a Lesbian!
Director of Photography
2019
Domino
Director of Photography
Pain and Glory
Director of Photography
2018
Everybody Knows
Director of Photography
2016
Wild Oats
Director of Photography
The Queen of Spain
Director of Photography
2014
2013
La banda Picasso
Director of Photography
I'm So Excited!
Director of Photography
Passion
Director of Photography
2011
The Skin I Live In
Director of Photography
2009
My Life in Ruins
Director of Photography
Martes de Carnaval
TVDirector of Photography
2007
The 13 Roses
Director of Photography
Lolita's Club
Director of Photography
Theresa: The Body of Christ
Director of Photography
2006
Blame
Director of Photography
The Maidens' Conspiracy
Director of Photography
Volver
Director of Photography
2005
Vida y color
Director of Photography
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
Director of Photography
2004
Bad Education
Director of Photography
The Whore and the Whale
Director of Photography
Roma
Director of Photography
2003
South from Granada
Director of Photography
2002
The Dancer Upstairs
Director of Photography
Antonio, a boy in Lisbon
Director of Photography
Nobody's Life
Cinematography
Ruy Blas
Director of Photography
1999
The Lost Lover
Director of Photography
Blast from the Past
Director of Photography
1998
Gunslinger's Revenge
Director of Photography
Don Juan
Director of Photography
1997
My Brother's Gun
Director of Photography
1996
Confidencias
Director of Photography
Freedomfighters
Director of Photography
Más allá del jardín
Director of Photography
1995
Two Much
Director of Photography
1994
Turkish Passion
Director of Photography
The Tit and the Moon
Director of Photography
1993
Intruso
Director of Photography
Golden Balls
Director of Photography
Cuentos de Borges
TVDirector of Photography
1992
Jamon Jamon
Director of Photography
Belle Époque
Director of Photography
1991
Lovers: A True Story
Director of Photography
1990
Dancing Machine
Cinematography
Ay, Carmela!
Director of Photography
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Director of Photography
1989
Twisted Obsession
Director of Photography
The Sea and the Weather
Director of Photography
1988
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free
Director of Photography
Misadventure
Cinematography
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Director of Photography
1987
Lute: Forge On or Die
Director of Photography
Casanova
Director of Photography
1986
Half of Heaven
Director of Photography
Voyage to Nowhere
Cinematography
Mambru Went to War
Director of Photography
Hay que deshacer la casa
Director of Photography
1985
La reina del mate
Director of Photography
The Court of the Pharaoh
Cinematography
The Lost Paradise
Director of Photography
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Director of Photography
Star Knight
Director of Photography
1983
El Sur
Director of Photography
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
Director of Photography
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
Director of Photography
1982
Bésame, tonta
Director of Photography
Murder in the Central Committee
Director of Photography
1981
Per favore, occupati di Amelia
Director of Photography
The Triple Death of the Third Character
Director of Photography
1980
Girl with the Golden Panties
Director of Photography
La campanada
Director of Photography
1979
From Hell to Victory
Director of Photography
Gulliver
Director of Photography
Marián
Director of Photography
1978
Red Gold
Director of Photography
Let's Go, Barbara
Director of Photography
Stay as You Are
Director of Photography
Soldados
Director of Photography
1977
God Bless Each Corner of This House
Director of Photography
María, la santa
Director of Photography
Goodbye Alicia
Director of Photography
1976
Family Portrait
Director of Photography
Who Can Kill a Child?
Director of Photography
Songs for After a War
Director of Photography
School Trip
Director of Photography
1975
Sensualidad
Director of Photography
País S. A.
Director of Photography
The Devil's Exorcist
Director of Photography
A Diary of a Murderess
Director of Photography
Pepita Jiménez
Director of Photography
1974
I Saw Her First
Director of Photography
¿... Y el prójimo?
Director of Photography
1973
El niño es nuestro
Director of Photography
The Lonely Heart
Director of Photography
1972
Plinio
TVDirector of Photography
1970
El cronicón
Director of Photography
1969
El último día de la humanidad
Cinematography
1968
Tinto con amor
Director of Photography
Paseo por los letreros de Madrid
Director of Photography
1967
Acteón
Still Photographer
Javier y los invasores del espacio
Director of Photography
1966
Nine Letters to Berta
Still Photographer
Los buenos samaritanos
Director of Photography
1965
Carmen de Carabanchel
Director of Photography
1964
Anabel
Still Photographer