TEO ESCAMILLA

Born: 23 August [or October] 1940, Seville, Andalucía, Spain, as Teodoro Escamilla Serrano.

Died: 21 December 1997, Matanzas, Cuba, during the prod of 'Conciencia y corazón'.

Career: Started as photojournalist and still ph for magazines like 'Sábado Gráfico' and 'El Caso'.

Awards: 'Goya' Award [1987] for 'El amor brujo'; 'Goya' Award nom [1989] for 'El Dorado' & 'Berlín Blues'; 'Goya' Award nom [1990] for 'Montoyas y Tarantos' & 'La noche oscura'.

'Teo Escamilla ranked as one of Spain's most talented and daring late 20th century cinematographers. Escamilla learned his trade from Luis Cuadrado, with whom he worked as an assistant and camera operator from the early 60s through 1975, at which time Cuadrado tragically went blind. Afterward, Escamilla took over Cuadrado's position and worked closely with the team of producer Elias Querejeta. Escamilla served as cinematographer shooting Carlos Saura's wrenching domestic drama 'Cría cuervos'. He would continue working with Saura for the next 13 years. Escamilla, much like his mentor Cuadrado, used carefully selected palate and camera techniques to create the illusion of having created living paintings. He differed from Cuadrado in his penchant for taking risks and devising creative new ways of filming. His fearlessness in the face of innovation mirrored Saura's. Their most famous collaborations include their three flamenco films, 'Bodas de sangre', 'Carmen', and 'El amor brujo'. Escamilla was living in Cuba and was busy working on his directorial effort 'Conciencia y corazón' when he died of a heart attack.' [Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide.]

1974        Las violentas [Fernando Miranda] c

1975        Tiempos duros para Drácula [Jorge Darnell] c

1975        Cría cuervos/Raise Ravens/Cria! [Carlos Saura] c

1976        El desencanto/The Disenchantment [Jaime Chávarri] b&w-c; doc/97m; cph: Juan Ruiz-Anchía

1976        La ciutat cremada/La ciudad quemada [Antoni Ribas] c; 156m

1976        Caperucita y Roja [Aitor Goirocelaya & Luis Revenga] c

1976        Viure sense viure [Carles Mira] c; short/17m

1977        Elisa, vida mía [Carlos Saura] c

1977        A un dios desconocido/To an Unknown God [Jaime Chávarri] c

1977        In memoriam [Enrique Brasó] c

1977        Del amor y de la muerte [Antonio Giménez-Rico] tvi/c

1977        Las palabras de Max [Emilio Martínez Lázaro] 16mm-35bu/c

1977        Nunca es tarde [Jaime de Armiñán] c

1977        La vieja memoria/The Old Memory [Jaime Camino] b&w; doc/165m; cph: José Luis Alcaine, Magín Torruella, a.o.

1977        José Hernández [Fernando González de Canales] c; doc/11m

1978        Los ojos vendados [Carlos Saura] c

1978        La portentosa vida nel padre Vicente/La portentosa vida del pare Vicent/The Prodigious Life of Father

                    Vincent [Carles Mira] c

1978        Sonámbulos [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c

1978        El corazón del bosque [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c

1979        Dedicatoria [Jaime Chávarri] c

1979        Mamá cumple cien años/Mama Turns 100 [Carlos Saura] c

1979        F.E.N./Formacion del espiritu nacional [Antonio Hernández] c

1979        Cuentos para una escapada [seg ? dir by ?] c; 8 seg; other ph: Carlos Suárez

1980        Espacios inhabitables [Sylvia Zade-Routier] c; doc/13m

1980        El nido/The Nest [Jaime de Armiñán] c

1980        Maravillas [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c

1980        Deprisa, deprisa/Hurry, Hurry/Fast, Fast [Carlos Saura] scope/c

1981        Apaga... y vámonos/We Had Better Call It a Day [Antonio Hernández] c

1981        Bodas de sangre/Blood Wedding [Carlos Saura] c

1981        El hombre del subsuelo [Nicolás Sarquís] c; cph: Ricardo Younis

1981        Función de noche/Evening Performance/Night Function [Josefina Molina] c

1981        Trágala, perro [Antonio Artero] c; cph: Manuel Merino

1981        Dulces horas [Carlos Saura] c

1981        En septiembre [Jaime de Armiñán] c

1982        Antonieta [Carlos Saura] p/c

1982        Río abajo/On the Line/Downstream [José Luis Borau] c; addph: Juan Gelpi, Stephen L. Posey, Misha Suslov & Nicholas

                    Josef von Sternberg

1983        Carmen [Carlos Saura] c

1983        La huella árabe en España [Jaime de Armiñán] c; doc/12m; cph: Javier Aguirresarobe

1983        Vestida de azul/Dressed in Blue [Antonio Giménez-Rico] c

1984        Feroz [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c

1984        Los zancos/The Stilts [Carlos Saura] c

1984        Un été d'enfer/Un verano de infierno [Michael Schock] c

1984        Stico [Jaime de Armiñán] c

1985        La hora bruja/The Witching Hour [Jaime de Armiñán] c

1985        El amor brujo/Love, the Magician [Carlos Saura] c

1986        Extramuros/Beyond the Walls/Outside the City [Miguel Picazo] c

1986        Tata mía/My Dear Nanny [José Luis Borau] c

1986        El Dorado [Carlos Saura] p/c

1987        Mi general/My General [Jaime de Armiñán] c

1987        Berlín Blues [Ricardo Franco] c

1988        La noche oscura/The Dark Night [Carlos Saura] c; 2uc: Domingo Solano

1989        Montoyas y Tarantos [Vicente Escrivá] c; + exec prod

1993        La Lola se va a los puertos [Josefina Molina] c

1993        Tres palabras [Antonio Giménez-Rico] c

1993        Al otro lado del túnel/On the Far Side of the Tunnel [Jaime de Armiñán] c; + co-exec prod

1994        El rey del río [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c

1995        Felicidades Tovarich [Antonio Eceiza] scope/c; + prod

1995        Death in Granada/The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca/Muerte en Granada [Marcos Zurinaga] p/c; 2uc Spain; ph:

                    Juan Ruíz-Anchía

1996        Robo en el cine Capitol [Fernando Guillén Cuervo] c; short/14m

1996        Las ratas/The Rats [Antonio Giménez-Rico] c

1997        Cazadores [Achero Mañas] c; short/12m

1997        Omnibus [Paco Millán Romero] c; short/31m

1997        Cosas que dejé en La Habana/Things I Left in Havana [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c

1965        Muere una mujer [Mario Camus] c.op; ph: Víctor Monreal

1965        La caza/The Hunt [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1966        Nueve cartas a Berta/Nine Letters to Bertha [Basilio Martín Patino] co-c.op; ph: Luis Enrique Torán

1966        Hoy como ayer [Mariano Ozores] c.op; ph: Vicente Minaya

1966        Una chica para dos [León Klimovsky] c.op; ph: Francisco Fraile

1966        Dos alas/Two Wings [Pascual Cervera] 2nd c.asst; ph: Francisco Fraile

1966        Los celos y el duende [Silvio F. Balbuena] c.op; ph: Francisco Fraile

1966        Último encuentro/The Last Meeting [Antonio Eceiza] 2nd c.asst; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1967        Crónica de nueve meses [Mariano Ozores] c.op; ph: Vicente Minaya

1967        Peppermint frappé [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1967        40 grados a la sombra [Mariano Ozores] c.op; ph: Vicente Minaya

1967        Si volvemos a vernos/Smashing Up [Francisco Regueiro] 2nd c.asst; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1967        Los Flamencos [Jesús Yagüe] c.op; ph: José F. Aguayo

1968        ¡Cómo está el servicio! [Mariano Ozores] c.op; ph: Vicente Minaya

1968        Los desafíos/The Challenges [Claudio Guerín, José Luis Egea & Víctor Erice] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1968        Stress-es tres-tres/Stress Is Three [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1968        La madriguera/Honeycomb [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1969        El día de mañana [Agustín Navarro] 2nd c.asst; ph: Francisco Fraile

1969        Las secretas intenciones/Secret Intentions [Antonio Eceiza] 2nd c.asst; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1970        Una vela para el diablo/A Candle for the Devil/It Happened at Nightmare Inn [Eugenio Martín] c.op; ph: José F.

                    Aguayo

1970        El dinero tiene miedo/Cómo atrapar a un Don Juan [Pedro Lazaga] co-c.op; ph: Juan Mariné

1970        El jardín de las delicias/The Garden of Delights [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1970        Goya. Historia de una soledad [Nino Quevedo] 2nd c.asst; ph: Luis Cuadrado & José F. Aguayo

1971        Mi querida señorita/My Dearest Senorita [Jaime de Armiñán] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1972        Ana y los lobos/Anna and the Wolves [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1972        Horror Express/Pánico en el Transiberiano [Gene Martin (= Eugenio Martín)] c.op; ph: Alejandro Ulloa

1973        Habla, mudita/Don Ramiro [Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1973        El espíritu de la colmena/The Spirit of the Beehive [Víctor Erice] co-c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1973        La prima Angélica/Cousin Angelica [Carlos Saura] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1974        Hay que matar a B./B Must Die [José Luis Borau] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1974        Il bianco, il giallo, il nero/El blanco, el amarillo, el negro/White, the Yellow, and the Black/Samurai/Shoot

                    First... Ask Questions Later [Sergio Corbucci] co-2nd c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado

1975        Furtivos [José Luis Borau] c.op; ph: Luis Cuadrado