Gabriel Figueroa

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-04-24 (90 years old)

Deathday

1997-04-27

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Gabriel Figueroa

Biography

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 ...

Production

1950

The Young and the Damned

as Director of Photography

1944

La mujer sin cabeza

as Cinematography

1949

La malquerida

as Director of Photography

1970

Kelly's Heroes

as Director of Photography

1956

The Hidden One

as Cinematography

1970

Two Mules for Sister Sara

as Director of Photography

1983

Mexico 2000

as Cinematography

1977

Maten al León

as Cinematography

1936

Let's Go with Pancho Villa!

as Camera Operator

1984

The Heart of the Night

as Director of Photography

1953

The Boy and the Fog

as Cinematography

1965

The Beloved Ones

as Cinematography

1934

Enemigos

as Still Photographer

1950

The Torch

as Director of Photography

1978

The House of the Pelican

as Cinematography

1966

The Four Juanes

as Cinematography

1972

El festin de la loba

as Cinematography

1975

Cry of the Turtle

as Cinematography

1967

Savage Sunday

as Cinematography

1958

Una cita de amor

as Director of Photography

1945

Amor Prohibido

as Director of Photography

1943

Another Dawn

as Director of Photography

1976

Coronation

as Director of Photography

1940

The Underdogs

as Director of Photography

1941

La gallina clueca

as Director of Photography

1939

La bestia negra

as Director of Photography

1967

Savage Sunday

as Director of Photography

1952

Cuando levanta la niebla

as Director of Photography

1960

Macario

as Director of Photography

1939

La casa del ogro

as Director of Photography

1980

At a Lame Pace

as Director of Photography

1964

The Night of the Iguana

as Director of Photography

1950

Duelo en las montañas

as Director of Photography

1971

El cielo y tú

as Director of Photography

1956

Basket of Mexican Tales

as Director of Photography

1965

Love Love Love

as Director of Photography

1967

El asesino se embarca

as Director of Photography

1941

El rápido de las 9.15

as Director of Photography

1944

The Black Ace

as Cinematography

1958

30-30 Carbine

as Director of Photography

1952

Siempre tuya

as Director of Photography

1939

The Night of the Mayans

as Director of Photography

1975

Omen

as Cinematography

1965

The Two Elenas

as Cinematography

1966

Forbidden Cargo

as Director of Photography

1951

Victims of Sin

as Director of Photography

1952

Soledad's Shawl

as Director of Photography

1978

Divine Words

as Director of Photography

1959

La Cucaracha

as Director of Photography

1961

The Important Man

as Director of Photography

1949

Pueblerina

as Director of Photography

1965

Simon of the Desert

as Director of Photography

1947

The Fugitive

as Director of Photography

1952

Ahí viene Martín Corona

as Director of Photography

1953

Él

as Director of Photography

1943

Wild Flower

as Director of Photography

1963

La Bandida

as Director of Photography

1952

El enamorado

as Director of Photography

1948

Hidden River

as Director of Photography

1946

Enamorada

as Director of Photography

1949

Salon Mexico

as Director of Photography

1959

Beyond All Limits

as Director of Photography

1973

El amor tiene cara de mujer

as Director of Photography

1969

The Big Cube

as Director of Photography

1951

La bienamada

as Director of Photography

1954

Take Me in Your Arms

as Director of Photography

1959

Nazarin

as Director of Photography

1953

El señor fotógrafo

as Director of Photography

1965

Escuela para solteras

as Director of Photography

1974

Los perros de Dios

as Director of Photography

1951

Las Islas Marias

as Director of Photography

1943

El circo

as Director of Photography

1944

Maria Candelaria

as Director of Photography

1942

The Three Musketeers

as Director of Photography

1972

María

as Cinematography

1984

Under the Volcano

as Director of Photography

1976

Life Changes

as Cinematography

1942

The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

as Director of Photography

1963

The Paper Man

as Director of Photography

1957

El bolero de Raquel

as Director of Photography

1971

El profe

as Director of Photography

1941

Ni sangre ni arena

as Director of Photography

1941

The Unknown Policeman

as Director of Photography

1968

The Chinese Room

as Director of Photography

1945

One Day with the Devil

as Director of Photography

1955

El monstruo en la sombra

as Director of Photography

1963

Entrega Inmediata

as Director of Photography

1967

Your Excellency

as Director of Photography

1974

The Master of Ballantrae

as Director of Photography

1962

The Exterminating Angel

as Director of Photography

1963

Autumn Days

as Director of Photography

1948

Maclovia

as Director of Photography

1967

Pedro Paramo

as Director of Photography

1954

Camelia

as Director of Photography

1945

Bugambilia

as Director of Photography

1947

The Pearl

as Director of Photography

1955

Estafa de amor

as Director of Photography

1954

Rebellion of the Hanged

as Director of Photography

1962

El tejedor de milagros

as Director of Photography

1940

La canción del milagro

as Director of Photography

1971

La Generala

as Director of Photography

1940

Con su amable permiso

as Director of Photography

1940

Allá en el Trópico

as Director of Photography

1940

¡Que viene mi marido!

as Director of Photography

1941

Creo en Dios

as Director of Photography

1941

La casa del rencor

as Director of Photography

1940

The Mad Monk

as Director of Photography

1942

Mi viuda alegre

as Director of Photography

1941

Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!

as Director of Photography

1940

El jefe máximo

as Director of Photography

1936

Cielito lindo

as Director of Photography

1938

Refugiados en Madrid

as Director of Photography

1936

Allá en el Rancho Grande

as Director of Photography

1938

Mientras México duerme

as Director of Photography

1946

The Last Adventure

as Director of Photography

1949

Midnight

as Director of Photography

1970

Narda or The Summer

as Director of Photography

1937

La Adelita

as Director of Photography

1977

Balún Canán

as Director of Photography

1944

El corsario negro

as Director of Photography

1981

D.F./Distrito Federal

as Director of Photography

1946

Cantaclaro

as Director of Photography

1970

The Phantom Gunslinger

as Director of Photography

1960

The Young One

as Director of Photography

1961

The White Rose

as Director of Photography

1961

Juana Gallo

as Director of Photography

1983

Mundo mágico

as Cinematography

1951

Pecado

as Cinematography

1945

The Abandoned

as Cinematography

1955

1950

One Day of Life

as Director of Photography

1958

The Smile of the Virgin

as Photoscience Manager

1966

¡Viva Benito Canales!

as Director of Photography

1952

El mar y tu

as Cinematography

1954

La rosa blanca

as Cinematography

1968

Mariana

as Director of Photography

1959

Fever Mounts at El Pao

as Director of Photography

1949

Prisión de sueños

as Cinematography

1981

El héroe desconocido

as Cinematography

1968

Pax?

as Director of Photography

1960

Impaciencia del corazón

as Director of Photography

1973

1978

Cananea

as Cinematography

1978

The Children of Sanchez

as Director of Photography

1968

The Scapular

as Director of Photography

1964

The Golden Cockerel

as Cinematography

1949

El embajador

as Director of Photography

1956

Pueblo Canto y Esperanza

as Cinematography

1958

Sueños de oro

as Director of Photography

1959

Sonatas

as Director of Photography

1959

Sonatas

as Camera Operator

1942

Story of a Great Love

as Cinematography

1949

Opio

as Cinematography

1955

La mujer X

as Cinematography

1960

La estrella vacía

as Cinematography

1969

The Door and The Butcher's Wife

as Director of Photography

1964

En la mitad del mundo

as Director of Photography

1956

La doncella de piedra

as Director of Photography

1980

The Border

as Director of Photography

1972

The Children of Satan

as Cinematography

1969

The Door

as Cinematography

1965

A Pure Soul

as Cinematography

1965

Lola of My Life

as Cinematography

1959

Isla para dos

as Director of Photography

1973

Once Upon a Scoundrel

as Director of Photography

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