Alfredo F. Mayo , as well as Alfredo Fernandez Mayo , Alfredo Mayo ( Spanish: Alfredo Fernández Mayo ) - Spanish cameraman.
| Alfredo F. Mayo | |
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| Alfredo F. Mayo | |
| Birth name | Alfredo Fernández Mayo |
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| Place of Birth | |
| Citizenship |  Spain |
| Profession | cameraman |
| Career | 1976 - present time |
| Awards | Goya Prize ( 1990 ) |
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Biography
Since 1976 he shot documentaries and genre feature films from little-known directors. The first film with the participation of Alfredo F. Mayo, which gained fame, was Vicente Aranda 's action-packed film “ Lute: He moves or explodes ” ( 1987 ) about the famous criminal in the 1960s; The director and actors received several national and international awards for this film. Fame came to the cameraman after the film Moncho Armendaris Letters to Alu ( 1990 ). Later he worked with Pedro Almodovar , Marcelo Pinheiro and other directors, whose films, as a rule, violate public peace.
Selected Filmography
- Lute: He moves or explodes / El Lute: camina o revienta ( 1987 , Vicente Aranda)
- Las Cartas de Alou ( 1990 , M. Armendaris, Goya Award for Best Cinematography)
- High Heels / Tacones lejanos ( 1991 , P. Almodovar)
- Sword Master / El Maestro de esgrima ( 1992 , Pedro Olea , Goya Award nomination, Spanish Film Writers Award for Best Cinematography)
- El Aliento del diablo ( 1993 , Paco Lucio, Spanish Film Writers Award for Best Cinematography)
- Kika / Kika (1993, P. Almodovar)
- Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito (1993, M. Pinheiro)
- Everyone in Prison / Todos a la cárcel ( 1993 , Luis Garcia Berlanga)
- Desvío al paraíso ( 1994 , Gerardo Herrero)
- Historias del Kronen ( 1995 , M. Armendaris)
- Caballos salvajes (1995, M. Pinheiro)
- Malena es un nombre de tango ( 1996 , H. Herrero)
- Territorio Comanche ( 1997 , H. Herrero)
- Cenizas del paraíso (1997, M. Pinheiro, Silver Condor nomination for the Argentine Film Critics Association for Best Cinematography)
- Frontera Sur ( 1998 , H. Herrero)
- Cuando vuelvas a mi lado ( 1999 , Gracia Kerekheta , award for best cinematography at the San Sebastian IFF , award of the Society of scriptwriters of Spain for best cinematography)
- Plata quemada ( 2000 , M. Pinheiro, scripted by R. Piglia , award for best cinematography at the CF in Havana , nomination for the Silver Condor of the Argentine Film Critics Association)
- Las Razones de mis amigos (2000, H. Herrero)
- El Lugar donde estuvo el paraíso ( 2002 , H. Herrero)
- Kamchatka / Kamchatka (2002, M. Pinheiro, nomination for the Silver Condor of the Argentine Film Critics Association)
- El Misterio Galíndez ( 2003 , H. Herrero, Goya Award nomination for Best Cinematography)
- El Principio de Arquímedes ( 2004 , H. Herrero)
- Heroína ( 2005 , H. Herrero)
- El Método (2005, M. Pinheiro)
- Los Aires difíciles ( 2006 , H. Herrero)
- Las viudas de los jueves ( 2009 , M. Pinheiro)