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Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood. His mother died after giving birth to him. His father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography. Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where the established director of photography Gregg Toland taught Figueroa. Back in Mexico, his first film was Fernando de Fuentes's Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936) which would become one of the most popular films in Mexico and Latin America, and gave him his first award at the Venice Film Festival. He filmed 235 movies over 50 years, including Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and Río Escondido by Emilio Fernández. One of his main collaborators was Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in México.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1907-04-24
- event Death Date 1997-04-27
- school Known for: Camera
- star Popularity: 0.7
- info Birth Place Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gabriel Figueroa
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El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958-09-01
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Observations Under the Volcano
1984-07-03
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Notes from Under the Volcano
1984-09-09
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México de mis amores
1979-10-12
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On the Trail of the Iguana
1964-04-30
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The Young and the Damned
1950-12-09
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La mujer sin cabeza
1944-03-30
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La malquerida
1949-09-16
6
Kelly's Heroes
1970-06-22
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The Hidden One
1956-06-09
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970-03-02
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Mexico 2000
1983-02-03
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Maten al León
1977-01-27
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Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
1936-12-31
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The Heart of the Night
1984-03-15
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The Boy and the Fog
1953-12-24
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The Beloved Ones
1965-09-02
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Enemigos
1934-01-11
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The Torch
1950-06-02
6
The House of the Pelican
1978-11-23
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The Four Juanes
1966-07-07
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The She Wolf’s Orgy
1972-11-01
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Cry of the Turtle
1975-01-30
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Savage Sunday
1967-06-01
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Una cita de amor
1958-06-05
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Amor Prohibido
1945-11-19
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Another Dawn
1943-11-18
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Coronation
1976-06-03
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The Underdogs
1940-06-01
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La gallina clueca
1941-12-04
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La bestia negra
1939-05-13
6
Savage Sunday
1967-06-01
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Cuando levanta la niebla
1952-11-23
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Macario
1960-05-09
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La casa del ogro
1939-01-20
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At a Lame Pace
1980-05-29
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The Night of the Iguana
1964-08-06
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Duelo en las montañas
1950-02-18
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El cielo y tú
1971-07-29
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Basket of Mexican Tales
1956-05-17
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Love Love Love
1965-11-04
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El asesino se embarca
1967-08-31
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El rápido de las 9.15
1941-09-11
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The Black Ace
1944-06-10
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30-30 Carbine
1958-12-25
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Siempre tuya
1952-01-18
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The Night of the Mayans
1939-09-16
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Omen
1975-02-13
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Las dos Elenas
1965-11-04
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Forbidden Cargo
1966-10-06
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Victims of Sin
1951-02-02
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Soledad's Shawl
1952-11-13
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Divinas palabras
1978-06-06
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La Cucaracha
1959-11-12
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The Important Man
1961-11-03
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Pueblerina
1949-07-06
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Simon of the Desert
1965-08-27
6
The Fugitive
1947-11-11
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Ahí viene Martín Corona
1952-05-23
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Él
1953-07-09
6
Wild Flower
1943-04-24
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La Bandida
1963-01-01
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El enamorado
1952-09-05
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Río escondido
1948-02-12
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Enamorada
1946-12-25
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Salon Mexico
1949-02-25
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Beyond All Limits
1959-07-08
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El amor tiene cara de mujer
1973-12-03
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The Big Cube
1969-04-30
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La bienamada
1951-09-13
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Take Me in Your Arms
1954-04-30
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Nazarin
1959-06-04
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El señor fotógrafo
1953-09-02
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Escuela para solteras
1965-03-25
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Los perros de Dios
1974-09-19
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Las Islas Marias
1951-08-10
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El circo
1943-03-12
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Maria Candelaria
1944-01-20
6
The Three Musketeers
1942-08-27
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María
1972-08-24
6
Under the Volcano
1984-06-20
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Life Changes
1976-09-30
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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
1942-12-11
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The Paper Man
1963-10-05
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El bolero de Raquel
1957-10-09
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El profe
1971-04-07
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Ni sangre ni arena
1941-05-22
6
The Unknown Policeman
1941-10-22
6
The Chinese Room
1968-08-29
6
One Day with the Devil
1945-11-30
6
The Monster of the Shadow
1955-03-10
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Entrega Inmediata
1963-12-25
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Your Excellency
1967-05-03
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The Master of Ballantrae
1974-03-13
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The Exterminating Angel
1962-05-16
6
Autumn Days
1963-10-31
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Maclovia
1948-09-30
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Pedro Paramo
1967-01-26
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Camelia
1954-02-16
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Bugambilia
1945-11-02
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The Pearl
1947-09-12
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Estafa de amor
1955-06-29
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Rebellion of the Hanged
1954-01-20
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El tejedor de milagros
1962-12-27
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The Miracle Song
1940-05-10
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La Generala
1971-01-01
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Con su amable permiso
1940-11-13
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Allá en el Trópico
1940-06-21
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¡Que viene mi marido!
1940-06-06
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Creo en Dios
1941-04-09
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La casa del rencor
1941-11-06
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The Mad Monk
1940-12-19
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Mi viuda alegre
1942-02-22
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
1941-09-19
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El jefe máximo
1940-10-01
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Cielito lindo
1936-10-06
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Refugiados en Madrid
1938-05-28
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936-10-07
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Mientras México duerme
1938-10-28
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The Last Adventure
1946-10-17
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Midnight
1949-04-28
6
Narda o el verano
1970-03-05
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La Adelita
1937-11-07
6
Balún Canán
1977-05-26
6
El corsario negro
1944-08-24
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D.F./Distrito Federal
1981-10-29
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Cantaclaro
1946-01-24
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The Phantom Gunslinger
1970-04-30
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The Young One
1960-09-05
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The White Rose
1961-07-19
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Juana Gallo
1961-05-21
6
Mundo mágico
1983-12-29
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Pecado
1951-03-01
6
The Abandoned
1945-05-18
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La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
1955-08-31
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One Day of Life
1950-11-23
6
The Smile of the Virgin
1958-12-04
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¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966-09-08
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El mar y tu
1952-03-07
6
La rosa blanca
1954-08-11
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Mariana
1968-01-25
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Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959-12-05
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Prisión de sueños
1949-10-12
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El héroe desconocido
1981-01-01
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Pax?
1968-10-27
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Impaciencia del corazón
1960-08-07
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The Posthumous Honors to the Distinguished Authors
1964-01-01
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El monasterio de los buitres
1973-10-11
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Cananea
1978-08-17
6
The Children of Sanchez
1978-06-16
6
The Scapular
1968-01-18
6
The Golden Cockerel
1964-12-18
6
El embajador
1949-08-12
6
Pueblo, canto y esperanza
1956-05-17
6
Sueños de oro
1958-02-19
6
Sonatas
1959-10-12
6
Sonatas
1959-10-12
6
Story of a Great Love
1942-09-20
6
Opio
1949-06-04
6
La mujer X
1955-04-06
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La estrella vacía
1960-05-05
6
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
1969-09-25
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En la mitad del mundo
1964-01-01
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La doncella de piedra
1956-01-05
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The Border
1980-08-06
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The Children of Satan
1972-10-12