Carlos Suárez (cinematographer)

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Carlos Suárez (1946 – 19 October 2019)[1][2] was a Spanish cinematographer who worked in various movies like Oviedo Express, Dagon, El Portero, Don Juan en los infiernos and El detective y la muerte.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

He was the younger brother of film director Gonzalo Suarez, with whom he collaborated several times. He occasionally acted in movies like La Raza Nunca Pierde - Huele a Gas and Guyana: Cult of the Damned and was the director and writer for The Secret Garden, a 1984 movie.[9] He was the winner of the 1988 Goya Award for Best Cinematography for the film Remando al viento (Rowing with the Wind).[10]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Goya Awards
Category Year Film Result Ref
Best cinematographer 2008 La conjura de El Escorial Nominated [11]
2007 Oviedo Express Nominated [12]
1991 Don Juan en los infiernos Nominated [11]
1988 Remando al viento Won [13]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Director Writer Producer Notes
1969 Gladiadores del siglo XX Yes Yes No Documentary short film
Co-directed with Joaquín Lledo
1973 Al Diablo, con amor No Yes No
1984 El Jardín Secreto Yes Yes No
1992 Makinavaja, el último choriso Yes Yes Yes Based on the Makinavaja comics
1993 ¡¡Semos peligrosos!! (useasé Makinavaja 2) Yes Yes Yes
1996 Adios, Tiburón Yes Yes No
Los Porretas Yes Yes No

References[edit]

  1. ^ CITWF person databse
  2. ^ "Muere el cineasta ovetense Carlos Suárez". 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ 'Orphanage,' 'Roses' lead Goya noms, Hollywood Reporter, by Pamela Rolfe, Associated Press, December 2007
  4. ^ The New York Times, Oviedo Express, Cast and crew
  5. ^ A Companion to Spanish Cinema, By Bernard P. E. Bentley, page 260
  6. ^ TMZ, September 2015
  7. ^ Gabriel García Márquez and the Cinema: Life and Works, By Alessandro Rocco, Page 189
  8. ^ H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture: The Works and Their Adaptations in Film ... By Don G. Smith, Page 111
  9. ^ Hollywood.com, Carlos Suarez, Filmography
  10. ^ Great Spanish Films Since 1950, By Ronald Schwartz, Page 203
  11. ^ a b "Cronología Premios Goya". ABC.es. 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Premios Goya 2008". El Mundo. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2015-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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