Gabriel Figueroa
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.
The Young and the Damned
(Director of Photography)
La mujer sin cabeza
(Cinematography)
La malquerida
(Director of Photography)
Kelly's Heroes
(Director of Photography)
The Hidden One
(Cinematography)
Two Mules for Sister Sara
(Director of Photography)
Mexico 2000
(Cinematography)
Maten al León
(Cinematography)
Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
(Camera Operator)
The Heart of the Night
(Director of Photography)
The Boy and the Fog
(Cinematography)
The Beloved Ones
(Cinematography)
Enemigos
(Still Photographer)
The Torch
(Director of Photography)
The House of the Pelican
(Cinematography)
The Four Juanes
(Cinematography)
The She Wolf’s Orgy
(Cinematography)
Cry of the Turtle
(Cinematography)
Savage Sunday
(Cinematography)
Una cita de amor
(Director of Photography)
Amor Prohibido
(Director of Photography)
Another Dawn
(Director of Photography)
Coronation
(Director of Photography)
The Underdogs
(Director of Photography)
La gallina clueca
(Director of Photography)
La bestia negra
(Director of Photography)
Savage Sunday
(Director of Photography)
Cuando levanta la niebla
(Director of Photography)
Macario
(Director of Photography)
La casa del ogro
(Director of Photography)
At a Lame Pace
(Director of Photography)
The Night of the Iguana
(Director of Photography)
Duelo en las montañas
(Director of Photography)
El cielo y tú
(Director of Photography)
Basket of Mexican Tales
(Director of Photography)
Love Love Love
(Director of Photography)
El asesino se embarca
(Director of Photography)
El rápido de las 9.15
(Director of Photography)
The Black Ace
(Cinematography)
30-30 Carbine
(Director of Photography)
Siempre tuya
(Director of Photography)
The Night of the Mayans
(Director of Photography)
Omen
(Cinematography)
Las dos Elenas
(Cinematography)
Forbidden Cargo
(Director of Photography)
Victims of Sin
(Director of Photography)
Soledad's Shawl
(Director of Photography)
Divinas palabras
(Director of Photography)
La Cucaracha
(Director of Photography)
The Important Man
(Director of Photography)
Pueblerina
(Director of Photography)
Simon of the Desert
(Director of Photography)
The Fugitive
(Director of Photography)
Ahí viene Martín Corona
(Director of Photography)
Él
(Director of Photography)
Wild Flower
(Director of Photography)
La Bandida
(Director of Photography)
El enamorado
(Director of Photography)
Río escondido
(Director of Photography)
Enamorada
(Director of Photography)
Salon Mexico
(Director of Photography)
Beyond All Limits
(Director of Photography)
El amor tiene cara de mujer
(Director of Photography)
The Big Cube
(Director of Photography)
La bienamada
(Director of Photography)
Take Me in Your Arms
(Director of Photography)
Nazarin
(Director of Photography)
El señor fotógrafo
(Director of Photography)
Escuela para solteras
(Director of Photography)
Los perros de Dios
(Director of Photography)
Las Islas Marias
(Director of Photography)
El circo
(Director of Photography)
Maria Candelaria
(Director of Photography)
The Three Musketeers
(Director of Photography)
María
(Cinematography)
Under the Volcano
(Director of Photography)
Life Changes
(Cinematography)
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
(Director of Photography)
The Paper Man
(Director of Photography)
El bolero de Raquel
(Director of Photography)
El profe
(Director of Photography)
Ni sangre ni arena
(Director of Photography)
The Unknown Policeman
(Director of Photography)
The Chinese Room
(Director of Photography)
One Day with the Devil
(Director of Photography)
The Monster of the Shadow
(Director of Photography)
Entrega Inmediata
(Director of Photography)
Your Excellency
(Director of Photography)
The Master of Ballantrae
(Director of Photography)
The Exterminating Angel
(Director of Photography)
Autumn Days
(Director of Photography)
Maclovia
(Director of Photography)
Pedro Paramo
(Director of Photography)
Camelia
(Director of Photography)
Bugambilia
(Director of Photography)
The Pearl
(Director of Photography)
Estafa de amor
(Director of Photography)
Rebellion of the Hanged
(Director of Photography)
El tejedor de milagros
(Director of Photography)
The Miracle Song
(Director of Photography)
La Generala
(Director of Photography)
Con su amable permiso
(Director of Photography)
Allá en el Trópico
(Director of Photography)
¡Que viene mi marido!
(Director of Photography)
Creo en Dios
(Director of Photography)
La casa del rencor
(Director of Photography)
The Mad Monk
(Director of Photography)
Mi viuda alegre
(Director of Photography)
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
(Director of Photography)
El jefe máximo
(Director of Photography)
Cielito lindo
(Director of Photography)
Refugiados en Madrid
(Director of Photography)
Allá en el Rancho Grande
(Director of Photography)
Mientras México duerme
(Director of Photography)
The Last Adventure
(Director of Photography)
Midnight
(Director of Photography)
Narda o el verano
(Director of Photography)
La Adelita
(Director of Photography)
Balún Canán
(Director of Photography)
El corsario negro
(Director of Photography)
D.F./Distrito Federal
(Director of Photography)
Cantaclaro
(Director of Photography)
The Phantom Gunslinger
(Director of Photography)
The Young One
(Director of Photography)
The White Rose
(Director of Photography)
Juana Gallo
(Director of Photography)
Mundo mágico
(Cinematography)
Pecado
(Cinematography)
The Abandoned
(Cinematography)
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
(Cinematography)
One Day of Life
(Director of Photography)
The Smile of the Virgin
(Photoscience Manager)
¡Viva Benito Canales!
(Director of Photography)
El mar y tu
(Cinematography)
La rosa blanca
(Cinematography)
Mariana
(Director of Photography)
Fever Mounts at El Pao
(Director of Photography)
Prisión de sueños
(Cinematography)
El héroe desconocido
(Cinematography)
Pax?
(Director of Photography)
Impaciencia del corazón
(Director of Photography)
The Posthumous Honors to the Distinguished Authors
(Director of Photography)
El monasterio de los buitres
(Cinematography)
Cananea
(Cinematography)
The Children of Sanchez
(Director of Photography)
The Scapular
(Director of Photography)
The Golden Cockerel
(Cinematography)
El embajador
(Director of Photography)
Pueblo, canto y esperanza
(Cinematography)
Sueños de oro
(Director of Photography)
Sonatas
(Director of Photography)
Sonatas
(Camera Operator)
Story of a Great Love
(Cinematography)
Opio
(Cinematography)
La mujer X
(Cinematography)
La estrella vacía
(Cinematography)
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
(Director of Photography)
En la mitad del mundo
(Director of Photography)
La doncella de piedra
(Director of Photography)