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Gabriel Figueroa (I) (1907–1997)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department

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In a discussion with Orson Welles and William Alland, he told them about a legend regarding a humanoid creature that was supposed to exist in South America. When William Alland became a producer, he turned this into Creature from the Black Lagoon. See more trivia »

Born:

Gabriel Figueroa Mateos
in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Died:

(age 90) in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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1986 El maleficio II
 
1984 Under the Volcano
 
1984 El corazón de la noche
 
1983 Mundo mágico
 
1983 México 2000
 
1981 D.F./Distrito Federal
 
1981 Histoires extraordinaires (TV series)
– Le joueur d'échecs de Maelzel (1981)
 
1981 El héroe desconocido
 
1980 Border Cop (as Gabriel Figuroa)
 
1979 Te quiero
 
1979 México mágico (documentary short)
 
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 Presage
 
1975 El llanto de la tortuga
 
1974 Los perros de Dios
 
1974 Once Upon a Scoundrel
 
1974 El señor de Osanto
 
1973 El amor tiene cara de mujer
 
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
 
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 Kelly's Heroes (director of photography)
 
1970 The Phantom Gunslinger
 
1970 Narda o el verano
 
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara (director of photography)
 
1969 The Big Cube
 
1969 The Great Sex War
 
1968 La puerta y la mujer del carnicero (segment "La puerta")
 
1968 The Chinese Room
 
1968 Corazón salvaje
 
1968 El escapulario
 
1968 Los ángeles de Puebla
 
1967 El asesino se embarca
 
1967 Domingo salvaje
 
1967 Su excelencia
 
1967 Pedro Páramo
 
1967 Mariana
 
1967 The Phantom Rider
 
1966 Cargamento prohibido
 
1966 ¡Viva Benito Canales!
 
1966 Los cuatro Juanes
 
1965 Las dos Elenas
 
1965 Amor amor amor (segment "Lola de mi vida")
 
1965 Lola de mi vida
 
1965 Un alma pura
 
1965 Los tres calaveras
 
1965 Escuela para solteras
 
1965 Simon of the Desert
 
1964 The Golden Cockerel
 
1964 The Night of the Iguana (director of photography)
 
1964 En la mitad del mundo
 
1963 Agente XU 777
 
1963 Días de otoño
 
1963 The Paper Man
 
1963 La bandida
 
1962 Um Dia de Vida
 
1962 El tejedor de milagros
 
1962 The Exterminating Angel
 
1962 Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante)
 
1961 The Guns of Juana Gallo
 
1961 Rosa blanca
 
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 venganza de Heraclio Bernal
 
1958 Una cita de amor
 
1958 Mujer en condominio
 
1958 Aquí está Heraclio Bernal
 
1958 Sueños de oro
 
1957 El bolero de Raquel
 
1956 Canasta de cuentos mexicanos
 
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 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
 
1952 Crisol de pensamiento mexicano (documentary short)
 
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 Un día de vida
 
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 María la O
 
1948 Hidden River (as Gabriel Figueroa M.)
 
1947 The Fugitive
 
1947 La perla
 
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 María Candelaria (Xochimilco)
 
1943 Another Dawn
 
1943 El espectro de la novia
 
1943 Flor silvestre
 
1943 El circo
 
1942 The Saint That Forged a Country
 
1942 El verdugo de Sevilla
 
1942 Historia de un gran amor
 
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 El gendarme desconocido
 
1941 ¡Ay, qué tiempos señor don Simón!
 
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 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 Let's Go with Pancho Villa (as G. Figueroa)
 
1936 Beautiful Sky
 
1936 Out on the Big Ranch
 
1936 Desfile deportivo (documentary short)
 
1936 Petróleo (documentary short)
 
1935 El primo Basilio
 
1935 Tribu
 
1935 Cuernavaca (documentary short)
 
1934 The Scandal
 
1932 ¡Que viva Mexico!
 
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1959 Sonatas (second camera operator)
 
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 Souls in Conflict (still photographer)
 
1934 Enemigos (still photographer)
 
1933 Shadow of Pancho Villa (still photographer)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1996 Gabriel Figueroa y la pintura mexicana (short)
Himself
 
1993 Memoria del cine mexicano (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Vamos al cine... Te lo disparo (documentary short)
Himself
 
1964 On the Trail of the Iguana (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2007 Un retrato de Diego (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Cien años de Manuel Alvarez Bravo (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Retrato intimo (TV series documentary)
Himself
 

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G. Figueroa | Gabriel Figuroa | Gabriel Figueroa M.
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Trivia:

In a discussion with Orson Welles and William Alland, he told them about a legend regarding a humanoid creature that was supposed to exist in South America. When William Alland became a producer, he turned this into Creature from the Black Lagoon. See more »

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