Alex Phillips
From Wikipedia Alex Phillips (January 11, 1900 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 career in cinematography and film editing. He received an opportunity when an assistant fell sick and was able to travel to France with the Canadian Official Photography. After Christie Comedies went bankrupt, he was hired by Samuel Goldwyn while he attended evening classes. He received the opportunity of working with Barnes, Edison and Meyer, and learned techniques such as graduations, tridimensional vision and the sense of potential balance. Phillips then began experimenting with lights and camera movements. He moved to Mexico in 1931 and worked with directors such as Arcady Boytler, Roberto Gavaldón, Julio Bracho and Luis Buñuel. He worked on some of the earliest Mexican movies such as the silent film Santa (1931) where his worked was considered expressionist. He worked in more than 250 movies in Mexico and 150 in the United States including La mujer del puerto (1934), Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (1952 with Luis Buñuel), La Red (1953 with Emilio Fernández). His last film was El castillo de la pureza (1972 with Arturo Ripstein).
The Wonderful Country
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La guerrillera de Villa
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Grandpa's Girl
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The Dressel Family
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Luponini (El terror de Chicago)
(Director of Photography)
A Perfect 36
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Tuya en cuerpo y alma
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Mujeres que trabajan
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Villa!!
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The Love Nest
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Adventure in Rio
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Playa prohibida
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Of Love and Desire
(Director of Photography)
Quiero vivir
(Director of Photography)
Soulless Women
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Damiana and the Men
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The Absentee
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The Well-paid
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Rumbo a Brasilia
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Every Man’s Woman
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Enemigos
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The Mad Empress
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There are not Crosses in the Sea
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Sensualidad
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Lucky Break
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Amok
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Twilight
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Little Town
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La golondrina
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Celos
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Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
(Director of Photography)
El diario de mi madre
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Forgotten Faces
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Juarez and Maximilian
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Ojos tapatios
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Una vida por otra
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El dolor de los hijos
(Cinematography)
Andante
(Cinematography)
Castle of Purity
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Geronimo
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Cortesana
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Aventurera
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The Other
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The Woman of the Port
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Dead Aim
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In the Palm of Your Hand
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The Kneeling Goddess
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La soldadera
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The White Monk
(Cinematography)
Black Wind
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Remolino de pasiones
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Doña Bárbara
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Viviré otra vez
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The Devil Is a Woman
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Up in Mabel's Room
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The Moderate Doctor
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Estrategia matrimonio
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Alazán y enamorado
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Gran Hotel
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The Shame of the Sabine Women
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Nobody's Wife
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Tizoc
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El secreto del sacerdote
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El tigre de Yautepec
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The Macabre Trunk
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Santa
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Eagles Across the Sun
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Juan Colorado
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La rabia por dentro
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Sube y baja
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Robinson Crusoe
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Mexican Bus Ride
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Ave sin rumbo
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Pepita Jimenez
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The Nervous Wreck
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May God Forgive Me
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Madre a la fuerza
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School for Buglars
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La paloma
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La zandunga
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Hombre o demonio
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For the Love of Mike
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The Night of a Thousand Cats
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Shadow of Pancho Villa
(Director of Photography)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
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Hand to Hand
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Dos de abajo
(Cinematography)
Hold Your Breath
(Director of Photography)
Suprema ley
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Sierra Baron
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Perdida
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Coqueta
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María la Voz
(Director of Photography)
My Dear Captain
(Director of Photography)
Music of Always
(Director of Photography)
Miguel Strogoff
(Cinematography)
Away We Go
(Cinematography)
Cruz Diablo
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Untouched
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La odalisca No. 13
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Mujeres sacrificadas
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Memories of the Future
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Adam and Eve
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María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala
(Director of Photography)
Time to Die
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Desired
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Revancha
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Stolen Heaven
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The Proud and the Beautiful
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Little Red Riding Hood
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The Last of the Fast Guns
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The Net
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Reportaje
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Hoy comienza la vida
(Director)
Ten Days To Tulara
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Despedida de casada
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The Birthday of the Dog
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Ya se quien eres (te he estado observando)
(Camera Department Manager)