José Ortiz Ramos

José Ortiz Ramos (16 November 1911 in Tacámbaro, Michoacánin – 16 December 2009 in Mexico City) was a Mexican cinematographer. Ortiz Ramos began working as a camera assistant in Mexican film production in the late 1930s. In 1940 he became the chief cameraman and until 1992 he shot nearly 250 films of all genres, including some classics of Mexican cinema. He worked with Luis Buñuel twice. Four times he was nominated for the Premio Ariel, El camiño de la vida (1956), La casta divina (1977), Toña Machetes (1985) and El Maleficio II (1986).