Teo Escamilla
- Camera
- October 23, 1940 · Sevilla, Spain
- December 21, 1997
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Rats · Cinematography
- Robo en el cine Capitol · Cinematography
- King of the River · Cinematography
- Felicidades, Tovarich · Cinematography, Producer
- La Lola se va a los puertos · Cinematography
- The Dark Night of the Soul · Cinematography
- Juncal · Cinematography
- Berlin Blues · Cinematography
- El Dorado · Cinematography
- Mi general · Cinematography, Camera Operator
- El amor brujo · Cinematography
- Tata Mía · Cinematography, Camera Operator
- The Witching Hour · Cinematography
- Beyond the Walls · Cinematography
- Stico · Cinematography
- On the Line · Cinematography
- The Stilts · Cinematography
- You Alone · Writer, Director
- A Summer in Hell · Cinematography
- Ferocious · Cinematography
- Dressed in Blue · Cinematography
- Carmen · Cinematography
- Antonieta · Cinematography
- Sweet Hours · Cinematography
- Trágala, perro · Cinematography
- Evening Performance · Cinematography
- Cuentos para una escapada · Director, Cinematography
- Faster, Faster · Cinematography
- Blood Wedding · Cinematography
- Maravillas · Cinematography
- The Nest · Cinematography
- Dedicated to... · Cinematography
- F. E. N. · Cinematography
- Mama Turns 100 · Cinematography
- Heart of the Forest · Cinematography
- Somnambulists · Cinematography
- The Prodigious Life of Father Vincent · Cinematography
- Blindfolded Eyes · Cinematography
- Nunca es tarde · Cinematography
- To an Unknown God · Cinematography
- In Memoriam · Cinematography
- Elisa, My Life · Cinematography
- Caperucita y Roja · Cinematography
- Del amor y de la muerte · Cinematography
- The Burned City · Cinematography
- The Disenchantment · Cinematography
- Cria! · Cinematography
- Viure sense Viure · Cinematography
- Hard Times for Dracula · Cinematography
- B. Must Die · Camera Operator
- The Love of Captain Brando · Camera Operator
- Las violentas · Cinematography
- A Chaste Spanish Man · Assistant Camera
- The Spirit of the Beehive · Camera Operator
- A Candle for the Devil · Camera Operator
- Horror Express · Camera Operator
- My Dearest Senorita · Camera Operator
- The Roosters of Dawn · Camera Operator
- Cut-Throats Nine · Camera Operator
- Cake of Blood · Camera Operator
- El dinero tiene miedo · Camera Operator
- Las secretas intenciones · Camera Operator
- The Challenges · Camera Operator
- Honeycomb · Camera Operator
- Nocturne 29 · Camera Operator
- Urtain, King of the Mountains · Camera Operator
- Stress Is Three · Camera Operator
- ¡Cómo está el servicio! · Camera Operator
- Los flamencos · Camera Operator
- Smashing Up · Camera Operator
- 40 grados a la sombra · Camera Operator
- Peppermint Frappé · Camera Operator
- De cuerpo presente · Camera Operator
- Crónica de nueve meses · Camera Operator
- Los celos y el duende · Camera Operator
- The Hunt · Camera Operator
- El arte de vivir · Assistant Camera
- Nine Letters to Berta · Assistant Camera
- Una chica para dos · Camera Operator
- Fantasía... 3 · Camera Operator