José Luis Alcaine

Born: December 26, 1938 (87 years)

Tangier, Morocco

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Luis Alcaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies as Actor (3)

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

TV Shows as Actor (1)

Pedro x Javis

as Self

Jun 19, 2025

Movies as Crew (116)

José Luis Alcaine

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Aragón rodado

Pedro x Javis

The Delights of the Garden

Speak Sunlight

Strange Way of Life

Cuidado con lo que deseas

Parallel Mothers

So My Grandma's a Lesbian!

The Human Voice

Domino

Pain and Glory

Everybody Knows

The Queen of Spain

Wild Oats

Finding Altamira

I'm So Excited!

Passion

La banda Picasso

The Skin I Live In

My Life in Ruins

Lolita's Club

The 13 Roses

Theresa: The Body of Christ

Blame

The Maidens' Conspiracy

Volver

Vida y color

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni

Roma

The Whore and the Whale

Bad Education

South from Granada

Ruy Blas

Nobody's Life

The Dancer Upstairs

Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon

The Lost Lover

Blast from the Past

Gunslinger's Revenge

Don Juan

My Brother's Gun

Más allá del jardín

Freedomfighters

Confidencias

Two Much

Turkish Passion

The Tit and the Moon

Golden Balls

Intruso

Belle Époque

Jamon Jamon

Lovers: A True Story

Dancing Machine

Ay, Carmela!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Twisted Obsession

The Sea and the Weather

Misadventure

El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Lute: Forge On or Die

Casanova

Voyage to Nowhere

Half of Heaven

Hay que deshacer la casa

Mambru Went to War

Star Knight

The Court of the Pharaoh

Rustlers' Rhapsody

La reina del mate

The Lost Paradise

Tasio

Akelarre

El caso Almería

Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

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