Emmanuel Lubezki


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Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill. Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The two have been friends since they ... See full bio »

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Children of Men Cinematographer
(2006)
Gravity Cinematographer
(2013)
The Revenant Cinematographer
(2015)

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  The Devil's Teeth (director of photography) (announced)
 2018 Dior: Joy (Video short)
 2017 Carne y Arena (Short)
 2017/I Song to Song (director of photography)
 2015 The Revenant (director of photography)
 2015 Knight of Cups (director of photography)
 2015 Last Days in the Desert (director of photography)
 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (director of photography)
 2013 Gravity (director of photography)
 2012 To the Wonder (director of photography)
 2011 The Tree of Life (director of photography)
 2010 Dick Tracy Special (TV Movie) (director of photography)
 2010 Write the Future (TV Short) (director of photography)
 2008 Burn After Reading (director of photography)
 2006 Children of Men (director of photography)
 2005 The New World (director of photography)
 2004 A Series of Unfortunate Events (director of photography)
 2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (director of photography)
 2003 The Cat in the Hat (director of photography)
 2002 De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos (Short) (director of photography)
 2001 Ali (director of photography)
 2001 Y tu mamá también (director of photography)
 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (director of photography)
 1999 Sleepy Hollow (director of photography)
 1998 Meet Joe Black (director of photography)
 1998 Great Expectations (director of photography)
 1996 The Birdcage (director of photography)
 1995 A Walk in the Clouds (director of photography)
 1994 Ámbar (director of photography)
 1994 Reality Bites (director of photography)
 1993 Fallen Angels (TV Series) (director of photography - 2 episodes)
- Murder, Obliquely (1993) ... (director of photography)
- The Quiet Room (1993) ... (director of photography)
 1993 Miroslava (director of photography)
 1993 Twenty Bucks (director of photography)
 1992 The Harvest (director of photography)
 1991 Sólo con tu pareja (director of photography)
 1991 Bandidos (director of photography)
 1990 El motel de la muerte (TV Movie) (director of photography)
 1989-1990 Hora Marcada (TV Series) (8 episodes)
- No retornable (1990)
- De Ogros (1990)
- El taxi (1990)
- Ángel Pérez (1990)
- Zangamanga (1990)
 1990 La muchacha (Short) (director of photography)
 1988 Los buzos diamantistas (Short) (director of photography)
 1985 Sera por eso que la quiero tanto (Short) (director of photography)
 1983 Vengeance Is Mine (Short) (director of photography)
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Other Works:

Director of photography for Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority TV commercial "Parents" (2005). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Emmanuel Lubezki aka 'Chivo' | Emmanuel 'Chivo' Lubezki
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[on The Tree of Life (2011)] The camera needed to capture that sense of freedom and joy and life you have when you're young. But it was very, very difficult, and it required a great camera operator and an incredible focus-puller and another person helping me expose as I moved through the rooms. If I hadn't done Y tu mamá también (2001), I would have been terrified about the ... See more »

Trivia:

Shares birthday (30 November) with frequently collaborator Terrence Malick. They worked together in The New World (2005), The Tree of Life (2011), To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015) and Song to Song (2017). See more »

Trademark:

Frequently uses long shots. See more »

Nickname:

Chivo

Star Sign:

Sagittarius

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