Teo Escamilla

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-10-23 (57 years old)

Deathday

1997-12-21

Place of Birth

Sevilla, Spain

Teo Escamilla

Biography

Teodoro Escamilla Serrano; Seville, 1940 - Matanzas, Cuba, 1997 Spanish cinematographer. In contrast to directors of photography who were concerned above all with creating their own style, Teo Escamilla was always in favor of a patient craftsmanship in cinematographic lighting that allowed him to adapt it, scene by scene, to the director's vision and to the specific story. He began his professional career as a photojournalist for publications such as Cine en 7 días, El Caso, the Madrid newspaper and the magazine Sábado Gráfico, and later as a television operator. In 1964 he became assistant cameraman on Llegar a más (1964, Jesús Fernández Sa...

Acting

Production

1976

The Disenchantment

as Director of Photography

1997

The Rats

as Director of Photography

1988

El Dorado

as Director of Photography

1969

Honeycomb

as Camera Operator

1977

Elisa, My Life

as Director of Photography

1968

Stress Is Three

as Camera Operator

1981

Evening Performance

as Director of Photography

1980

The Nest

as Director of Photography

1983

Carmen

as Director of Photography

1984

You Alone

as Writer

1981

Blood Wedding

as Director of Photography

1979

Heart of the Forest

as Director of Photography

1986

Tata Mía

as Director of Photography

1985

Beyond the Walls

as Director of Photography

1977

In Memoriam

as Director of Photography

1984

A Summer in Hell

as Director of Photography

1989

The Dark Night of the Soul

as Director of Photography

1984

You Alone

as Director

1981

Faster, Faster

as Cinematography

1981

Maravillas

as Cinematography

1973

A Candle for the Devil

as Camera Operator

1976

Viure sense Viure

as Cinematography

1969

The Challenges

as Camera Operator

1980

Dedicated to...

as Director of Photography

1988

Berlin Blues

as Director of Photography

1977

Caperucita y Roja

as Director of Photography

1976

The Burned City

as Cinematography

1996

Robo en el cine Capitol

as Cinematography

1979

Mama Turns 100

as Director of Photography

1983

Dressed in Blue

as Cinematography

1976

Cria!

as Director of Photography

1984

Ferocious

as Cinematography

1969

1995

1995

Felicidades, Tovarich

as Cinematography

1995

Felicidades, Tovarich

as Camera Operator

1967

Peppermint Frappé

as Camera Operator

1986

El amor brujo

as Cinematography

1978

Blindfolded Eyes

as Director of Photography

1978

The Prodigious Life of Father Vincent

as Director of Photography

1973

A Chaste Spanish Man

as Assistant Camera

1977

To an Unknown God

as Director of Photography

1966

El arte de vivir

as Assistant Camera

1974

Las violentas

as Director of Photography

1980

F. E. N.

as Director of Photography

1972

Horror Express

as Camera Operator

1981

Cuentos para una escapada

as Director of Photography

1968

¡Cómo está el servicio!

as Camera Operator

1966

Fantasía... 3

as Camera Operator

1965

Snakes and Ladders

as Assistant Camera

1968

Los flamencos

as Camera Operator

1968

Smashing Up

as Camera Operator

1970

Las secretas intenciones

as Camera Operator

1970

El dinero tiene miedo

as Camera Operator

1967

Crónica de nueve meses

as Camera Operator

1966

Nine Letters to Berta

as Assistant Camera

1982

Sweet Hours

as Director of Photography

1967

Los celos y el duende

as Camera Operator

1977

Nunca es tarde

as Director of Photography

1964

Muere una mujer

as Camera Operator

1985

Stico

as Director of Photography

1967

De cuerpo presente

as Camera Operator

1967

40 grados a la sombra

as Camera Operator

1971

Cake of Blood

as Camera Operator

1971

The Roosters of Dawn

as Camera Operator

1995

King of the River

as Director of Photography

1976

Hard Times for Dracula

as Director of Photography

1977

Del amor y de la muerte

as Director of Photography

1985

The Witching Hour

as Director of Photography

1972

My Dearest Senorita

as Camera Operator

1987

Mi general

as Camera Operator

1987

Mi general

as Director of Photography

1975

B. Must Die

as Camera Operator

1974

The Love of Captain Brando

as Camera Operator

1969

Nocturne 29

as Camera Operator

1984

On the Line

as Director of Photography

1993

1978

Somnambulists

as Cinematography

1986

Tata Mía

as Camera Operator

1971

Cut-Throats Nine

as Camera Operator

1981

Trágala, perro

as Director of Photography

1973

The Spirit of the Beehive

as Second Assistant Camera

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