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Néstor Almendros(1930-1992)

  • Cinematographer
  • Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Néstor Almendros
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The Blue Lagoon (1980)
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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 and two in New York. After the 1959 Cuban revolution, he returned and made several documentaries for the Castro-regime. But after two of his shorts (Gente en la playa (1960) and La Tumba Francesca) had been banned, he moved to Paris. There he became the favourite cameraman of Éric Rohmer and François Truffaut. In 1978, he started his impressive Hollywood-career. In his later years, he co-directed two documentaries about the human rights situation in Cuba: Improper Conduct (1984) (about the persecution of gay people) and Nadie escuchaba (1987). He shot several prestigious commercials for Giorgio Armani and Calvin Klein. Nestor Almendros died of cancer.
BornOctober 30, 1930
DiedMarch 4, 1992(61)
BornOctober 30, 1930
DiedMarch 4, 1992(61)
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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"Academy Awards: 51st Annual," Kim Novak, James Coburn.  1979.

Known for

Days of Heaven (1978)
Days of Heaven
7.8
  • Cinematographer(as Nestor Almendros)
  • 1978
Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (1982)
Sophie's Choice
7.5
  • Cinematographer(as Nestor Almendros)
  • 1982
Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The Blue Lagoon
5.8
  • Cinematographer(as Nestor Almendros)
  • 1980
Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer
7.8
  • Cinematographer(as Nestor Almendros)
  • 1979

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, and Loren Dean in Billy Bathgate (1991)
    Billy Bathgate
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Made in Milan (1990)
    Made in Milan
  • New York Stories (1989)
    New York Stories
    • (segment Life Lessons)
  • Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
    Imagine: John Lennon
  • Nadine (1987)
    Nadine
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Heartburn (1986)
    Heartburn
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Sally Field, Yankton Hatten, and Gennie James in Places in the Heart (1984)
    Places in the Heart
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • L'Assemblea de Catalunya
  • Confidentially Yours (1983)
    Confidentially Yours
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Pauline at the Beach (1983)
    Pauline at the Beach
  • Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (1982)
    Sophie's Choice
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider in Still of the Night (1982)
    Still of the Night
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • The Last Metro (1980)
    The Last Metro
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon (1980)
    The Blue Lagoon
    • (as Nestor Almendros)
  • Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
    Kramer vs. Kramer
    • (as Nestor Almendros)

Director

  • Nadie escuchaba (1987)
    Nadie escuchaba
  • Improper Conduct
  • Retour d'Henri Langlois à Paris
  • La journée d'un journaliste
  • Ritmo de Cuba
  • Escuelas rurales
  • Gente en la playa
  • Una confusión cotidiana

Camera and Electrical Department

  • La brigade des maléfices (1970)
    La brigade des maléfices
  • Pierre Clémenti in Wheel of Ashes (1968)
    Wheel of Ashes
  • Le père Noël a les yeux bleus (1966)
    Le père Noël a les yeux bleus
    • (as Nestor Almendros)

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The Blue Lagoon
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The Blue Lagoon

Personal details

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    • October 30, 1930
    • Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • March 4, 1992
    • New York City, New York, USA(AIDS)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    As of 2016, he's the only person to ever win an Oscar in a Terrence Malick movie.
  • Quotes
    [on relying on natural light for The Collector (1967)] The film had to have a 'natural' look, whether we wanted it to or not, because we had only five photoflood lamps. [autobiography, "A Man With A Camera", 1984]
    • Cinematographer of many films by François Truffaut (9 features), Éric Rohmer (7 features), Robert Benton (5 features) and Barbet Schroeder (3 features & 2 docs).

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