Alex Phillips

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-01-11 (76 years old)

Deathday

1977-06-14

Place of Birth

Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Alex Phillips

Biography

Alex Phillips (January 11, 1901 Renfrew, Ontario – June 14, 1977) was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer. In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor. He auditioned with Fox and Paramount Pictures but was unable to obtain a role. He later approached Christie Comedies where he was advised to look for more stable positions in the movie industry and started his ...

Production

1959

The Wonderful Country

as Director of Photography

1967

La guerrillera de Villa

as Director of Photography

1935

Luponini (El terror de Chicago)

as Director of Photography

1935

The Dressel Family

as Director of Photography

1923

A Perfect 36

as Director of Photography

1924

Grandpa's Girl

as Director of Photography

1934

Soulless Women

as Director of Photography

1934

Enemigos

as Director of Photography

1939

The Mad Empress

as Director of Photography

1945

Tuya en cuerpo y alma

as Director of Photography

1946

Everybody’s Woman

as Director of Photography

1948

The Well-paid

as Director of Photography

1950

The Love Nest

as Director of Photography

1951

Sensualidad

as Director of Photography

1952

The Absentee

as Director of Photography

1953

Quiero vivir

as Director of Photography

1953

Mujeres que trabajan

as Director of Photography

1953

Adventure in Rio

as Director of Photography

1956

Playa prohibida

as Director of Photography

1958

Villa!!

as Director of Photography

1961

Rumbo a Brasilia

as Director of Photography

1963

Of Love and Desire

as Director of Photography

1967

Damiana and the Men

as Director of Photography

1968

There are not Crosses in the Sea

as Director of Photography

1992

Golpe de suerte

as Cinematography

1944

Amok

as Director of Photography

1945

Twilight

as Director of Photography

1962

Little Town

as Director of Photography

1938

La golondrina

as Director of Photography

1936

Celos

as Director of Photography

1941

Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!

as Director of Photography

1957

El diario de mi madre

as Director of Photography

1952

Forgotten Faces

as Director of Photography

1934

Juarez and Maximilian

as Director of Photography

1938

Ojos tapatios

as Director of Photography

1932

Una vida por otra

as Director of Photography

1949

El dolor de los hijos

as Cinematography

1969

Andante

as Cinematography

1971

Dead Aim

as Director of Photography

1962

Geronimo

as Director of Photography

1934

The Woman of the Port

as Director of Photography

1948

Cortesana

as Director of Photography

1951

In the Palm of Your Hand

as Director of Photography

1950

Aventurera

as Director of Photography

1947

The Kneeling Goddess

as Director of Photography

1946

The Other

as Director of Photography

1973

Castle of Purity

as Director of Photography

1967

La soldadera

as Director of Photography

1945

The White Monk

as Cinematography

1965

Black Wind

as Director of Photography

1970

Remolino de pasiones

as Director of Photography

1943

Doña Bárbara

as Director of Photography

1940

Viviré otra vez

as Director of Photography

1950

Doña Diabla

as Director of Photography

1926

Up in Mabel's Room

as Director of Photography

1971

The Moderate Doctor

as Director of Photography

1967

Estrategia matrimonio

as Director of Photography

1966

Alazán y enamorado

as Director of Photography

1944

Gran Hotel

as Director of Photography

1937

Nobody's Wife

as Cinematography

1962

The Shame of the Sabine Women

as Director of Photography

1957

Tizoc

as Director of Photography

1966

Juan Colorado

as Director of Photography

1941

El secreto del sacerdote

as Director of Photography

1936

The Macabre Trunk

as Director of Photography

1933

El tigre de Yautepec

as Director of Photography

1932

Eagles Across the Sun

as Director of Photography

1932

Santa

as Director of Photography

1962

La rabia por dentro

as Director of Photography

1959

Sube y baja

as Director of Photography

1954

Robinson Crusoe

as Director of Photography

1952

Mexican Bus Ride

as Director of Photography

1937

Ave sin rumbo

as Director of Photography

1946

Pepita Jimenez

as Director of Photography

1926

The Nervous Wreck

as Director of Photography

1948

May God Forgive Me

as Director of Photography

1940

Madre a la fuerza

as Director of Photography

1958

School for Buglars

as Director of Photography

1937

La paloma

as Director of Photography

1938

La zandunga

as Director of Photography

1940

Hombre o demonio

as Director of Photography

1960

For the Love of Mike

as Director of Photography

1972

The Night of a Thousand Cats

as Director of Photography

1932

Hand to Hand

as Director of Photography

1933

Shadow of Pancho Villa

as Director of Photography

1924

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Director of Photography

1983

Dos de abajo

as Cinematography

1924

Hold Your Breath

as Director of Photography

1937

Suprema ley

as Director of Photography

1958

Sierra Baron

as Director of Photography

1950

Perdida

as Director of Photography

1949

Coqueta

as Director of Photography

1955

María la Voz

as Director of Photography

1950

My Dear Captain

as Director of Photography

1958

Music of Always

as Director of Photography

1944

Miguel Strogoff

as Cinematography

1934

Cruz Diablo

as Director of Photography

1954

Untouched

as Director of Photography

1958

La odalisca No. 13

as Director of Photography

1952

Mujeres sacrificadas

as Director of Photography

1969

Memories of the Future

as Director of Photography

1966

Time to Die

as Director of Photography

1951

Desired

as Director of Photography

1946

María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala

as Director of Photography

1948

Revancha

as Director of Photography

1951

Stolen Heaven

as Director of Photography

1953

The Proud and the Beautiful

as Director of Photography

1956

Adam and Eve

as Director of Photography

1959

Little Red Riding Hood

as Director of Photography

1953

The Net

as Director of Photography

1953

Reportaje

as Director of Photography

1958

The Last of the Fast Guns

as Director of Photography

1935

1958

Ten Days To Tulara

as Director of Photography

1968

Despedida de casada

as Director of Photography

1975

The Birthday of the Dog

as Director of Photography

1971

Ya se quien eres (te he estado observando)

as Camera Department Manager

1965

The Distant Wind

as Cinematography

1925

Madame Behave

as Cinematography

1925

Seven Days

as Cinematography

1934

Who Killed Eve?

as Director of Photography

1924

Reno or Bust

as Director of Photography

1961

The Happy Musketeers

as Cinematography

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