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Néstor Almendros
Highest Rated: 96% My Night at Maud's (1969)
Lowest Rated: 12% The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Birthday: Oct 30, 1930
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Award-winning international cinematographer who rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s. Almendros' crisp black-and-white style recalled the early silent masters and he also did brilliant color work for Francois Truffaut (eight features, from 1969's "The Wild Child" to 1982's "Confidentially Yours") and Eric Rohmer (the black-and-white "My Night at Maud's" in 1969 and the sun-dappled "Claire's Knee" in 1970). During this period, Almendros collaborated with producer-director Barbet Schroeder on "More" (1969), "Maitresse" (1975) and the documentaries "General Idi Amin Dada" (1974) and "Koko, the Talking Gorilla" (1978).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Milan | Cinematographer | - | 1990 |
| 76% | 56% | New York Stories | Cinematographer | $10.6M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nobody Listened | Director | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Improper Conduct | Director | - | 1984 |
| 94% | 84% | Pauline at the Beach | Cinematographer | - | 1983 |
| 78% | 80% | Confidentially Yours | Cinematographer | - | 1983 |
| 63% | 47% | Still of the Night | Cinematographer | - | 1982 |
| 88% | 80% | The Last Metro | Cinematographer | - | 1980 |
| 12% | 53% | The Blue Lagoon | Cinematographer | - | 1980 |
| 89% | 89% | Kramer vs. Kramer | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
| 62% | 70% | Love on the Run | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
| 40% | 54% | The Green Room | Cinematographer | - | 1978 |
| 94% | 89% | Days of Heaven | Cinematographer | - | 1978 |
| 82% | 85% | The Man Who Loved Women | Cinematographer | - | 1977 |
| 80% | 74% | The Marquise of O... | Cinematographer | $4.3K | 1976 |
| 88% | 72% | Mistress | Cinematographer | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Mouth Agape | Cinematographer | - | 1974 |
| 86% | 82% | Cockfighter | Cinematographer | - | 1974 |
| 86% | 78% | My Little Loves | Cinematographer | - | 1974 |
| 89% | 82% | Two English Girls | Cinematographer | - | 1971 |
| 76% | 84% | Bed and Board | Cinematographer | - | 1970 |
| 96% | 85% | Claire's Knee | Cinematographer | - | 1970 |
| 96% | 88% | My Night at Maud's | Cinematographer | - | 1969 |
| 75% | 83% | La Collectionneuse | Cinematographer | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fermière à Montfaucon | Cinematographer | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La gare | Director | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Nadja à Paris | Cinematographer | - | 1964 |