Teo Escamilla
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 Santos) and the regular second operator for Luis Cuadrado, his mentor and teacher, whom he succeeded after his retirement due to illness in 1976 as director of photography on the films produced by Elías Querejeta. He debuted as first operator in Las violentas (1974, Fernando Miranda), to later take over from Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchía in El desencanto (1976, Jaime Chávarri), and from then on developed an intense work that would make him one of the most outstanding operators in Spanish cinema. He frequently worked on films by filmmakers such as Carlos Saura, Jaime Chávarri, Jaime de Armiñán (with whom in 1979 he founded the production company A punto, later Serva Films), Víctor Erice, José Luis Borau and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, among others. For Carlos Saura's El amor brujo (1986), he received the Goya award for best cinematography. After directing two short films, Quiero ser mayor (1976) and an episode of the collective film Cuentos para una escapada (1979), in 1983 he debuted as a feature film director with Tú solo, a story set in the world of bullfighting, which received the Special Mention for best new director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, although his career as first director did not continue.
The Disenchantment
(Director of Photography)
The Rats
(Director of Photography)
El Dorado
(Director of Photography)
Honeycomb
(Camera Operator)
Elisa, My Life
(Director of Photography)
Stress Is Three
(Camera Operator)
The Nest
(Director of Photography)
Night Function
(Director of Photography)
Carmen
(Director of Photography)
You Alone
(Writer)
In Memoriam
(Director of Photography)
Tata Mía
(Director of Photography)
Beyond the Walls
(Director of Photography)
Heart of the Forest
(Director of Photography)
Blood Wedding
(Director of Photography)
A Summer in Hell
(Director of Photography)
The Dark Night of the Soul
(Director of Photography)
You Alone
(Director)
Faster, Faster
(Cinematography)
Maravillas
(Cinematography)
A Candle for the Devil
(Camera Operator)
Viure sense Viure
(Cinematography)
The Challenges
(Camera Operator)
Cuentos para una escapada
(Director)
Dedicated to...
(Director of Photography)
Berlin Blues
(Director of Photography)
Caperucita y Roja
(Director of Photography)
The Burned City
(Cinematography)
Robo en el cine Capitol
(Cinematography)
Trágala, perro
(Cinematography)
Dressed in Blue
(Cinematography)
Mama Turns 100
(Director of Photography)
Ferocious
(Cinematography)
Cria!
(Director of Photography)
Urtain, King of the Mountains
(Camera Operator)
Felicidades, Tovarich
(Cinematography)
Felicidades, Tovarich
(Producer)
Felicidades, Tovarich
(Camera Operator)
Peppermint Frappé
(Camera Operator)
El amor brujo
(Cinematography)
Blindfolded Eyes
(Director of Photography)
The Prodigious Life of Father Vincent
(Director of Photography)
A Chaste Spanish Man
(Assistant Camera)
To an Unknown God
(Director of Photography)
El arte de vivir
(Assistant Camera)
Las violentas
(Director of Photography)
F. E. N.
(Director of Photography)
Horror Express
(Camera Operator)
Cuentos para una escapada
(Director of Photography)
¡Cómo está el servicio!
(Camera Operator)
Fantasía... 3
(Camera Operator)
Snakes and Ladders
(Assistant Camera)
Los flamencos
(Camera Operator)
Smashing Up
(Camera Operator)
El dinero tiene miedo
(Camera Operator)
Las secretas intenciones
(Camera Operator)
Crónica de nueve meses
(Camera Operator)
Nine Letters to Berta
(Assistant Camera)
Sweet Hours
(Director of Photography)
Nunca es tarde
(Director of Photography)
Los celos y el duende
(Camera Operator)
Muere una mujer
(Camera Operator)
Stico
(Director of Photography)
De cuerpo presente
(Camera Operator)
40 grados a la sombra
(Camera Operator)
Cake of Blood
(Camera Operator)
Los gallos de la madrugada
(Camera Operator)
King of the River
(Director of Photography)
Hard Times for Dracula
(Director of Photography)
Del amor y de la muerte
(Director of Photography)
The Witching Hour
(Director of Photography)
My Dearest Senorita
(Camera Operator)
Mi general
(Director of Photography)
Mi general
(Camera Operator)
Hay que matar a B.
(Camera Operator)
The Love of Captain Brando
(Camera Operator)
Nocturne 29
(Camera Operator)
Juncal
(Director of Photography)