Néstor Almendros

Néstor Almendros

Known for: Camera
Biography: 1930-10-30
Deathday: 1992-03-04 (61 years old)

Biography

Néstor Almendros Cuyás (30 October 1930 – 4 March 1992) was a Spanish cinematographer. One of the most highly appraised contemporary cinematographers, "Almendros was an artist of deep integrity, who believed the most beautiful light was natural light...he will always be remembered as a cinematographer of absolute truth...a true master of light".


Néstor Almendros Cuyás was born in Barcelona, Spain, but at 18 moved to Cuba to join his exiled anti-Francisco Franco father. In Havana, he wrote film reviews. Then he went on to study in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He directed six shorts in Cuba and two in New York City.


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 and La tumba francesa) were banned, he moved to Paris. Starting in 1964, he became the favorite collaborator of French New Wave director Éric Rohmer. In the early seventies he also started working with François Truffaut, Barbet Schroeder and other directors.


Almendros began his Hollywood career with Days of Heaven (1978), written and directed by Terrence Malick, who admired Almendros' work on The Wild Child (1970). Almendros was impressed by Malick's knowledge of photography and his willingness to use little studio lighting. The film's cinematography was modeled after silent films, which often used natural light. In 1979, Almendros won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Days of Heaven.


Almendros received three further Academy Award nominations for his work on Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Sophie's Choice (1982), making him the most nominated Spanish person in Academy history as of the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021.


Almendros was the cinematographer for the John Lennon documentary, Imagine: John Lennon (1988), directed by Andrew Solt.


In his later years, Almendros co-directed two documentaries about the human rights situation in Cuba: Mauvaise Conduite (1984) (Improper Conduct) about the persecution of gay people in Cuba; and Nadie escuchaba (Nobody Was Listening), about the alleged arrest, imprisonment and torture of former comrades of Fidel Castro. He also shot several prestigious advertisements for Giorgio Armani (directed by Martin Scorsese), Calvin Klein (directed by Richard Avedon) and Freixenet.


Human Rights Watch International has named an award after him by establishing the Nestor Almendros Award for Courage in Filmmaking and it is given every year at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.


In 1980, Almendros won the César Award for François Truffaut's The Last Metro.


In 1992, Néstor Almendros died of AIDS-related lymphoma in New York City at the age of 61.


Source: Article "Néstor Almendros" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

all 72

Movies 71

Director 30

self 5

TV Shows 1

Director of Photography
Billy Bathgate

Billy Bathgate (1991)

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Director of Photography
Made in Milan

Made in Milan (1990)

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Director of Photography
New York Stories

New York Stories (1989)

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6
Lui-même - directeur de la photographie
Alekan, la lumière

Alekan, la lumière (1988)

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Cinematographer
Nadine

Nadine (1987)

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6
Director of Photography
Heartburn

Heartburn (1986)

Movie
4
Director of Photography
Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart (1984)

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6
Director of Photography
Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice (1982)

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Director of Photography
Still of the Night

Still of the Night (1982)

Movie
Director of Photography
The Last Metro

The Last Metro (1980)

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Director of Photography
The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon (1980)

Movie
4.84
Director of Photography
Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Movie
5.82
Director of Photography
Love on the Run

Love on the Run (1979)

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1
Cinematographer
Perceval

Perceval (1978)

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Director of Photography
Goin' South

Goin' South (1978)

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Director of Photography
Maîtresse

Maîtresse (1976)

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Director of Photography
The Story of Adele H.

The Story of Adele H. (1975)

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Director of Photography
My Little Loves

My Little Loves (1974)

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Director of Photography
Cockfighter

Cockfighter (1974)

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Director of Photography
General Idi Amin Dada

General Idi Amin Dada (1974)

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Cinematographer
The Valley

The Valley (1972)

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Director of Photography
Two English Girls

Two English Girls (1971)

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Cinematographer
Sing Sing

Sing Sing (1971)

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Cinematographer
More

More (1969)

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Director of Photography
The Wild Racers

The Wild Racers (1968)

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Director of Photography
La Collectionneuse

La Collectionneuse (1967)

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Director of Photography
A Farmer in Montfaucon

A Farmer in Montfaucon (1967)

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Director of Photography
Place de l'Étoile

Place de l'Étoile (1965)

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Director of Photography
General Assembly

General Assembly (1960)

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Director of Photography
El Tomate

El Tomate (1959)

Movie

Information

Known For
Camera

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-10-30

Deathday
1992-03-04 (61 years old)

Birth Place
Barcelona, Spain

Father
Herminio Almendros

Mother
Maria Cuyàs Ponsa

Citizenships
Spain

Also Known As
Néstor Almendros Cuyás, Nestor Almendros, John Nestor

Awards
César Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Cinematography

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