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Rodrigo Prieto

Highest Rated: 100% A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)

Lowest Rated: 12% Original Sin (2001)

Birthday: Nov 23, 1965

Birthplace: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

During the past decade, Rodrigo Prieto has been one of the more startlingly original voices to emerge in the American film industry. After starting out on a number of Spanish-language shorts and features, the Mexican-born cinematographer broke onto the international scene with 2000's "Amores Perros," crafting both grittily realistic and dreamlike imagery for three intertwining tales of love and animals. The film also proved a major hit and breakthrough for director Alejandro González Iñárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, and all three continued to work together afterward. Their other collaborations included "21 Grams" and "Babel," released in 2003 and 2006, respectively, to much critical acclaim. Around this time, Prieto also became acquainted with well-known directors such as Spike Lee, Curtis Hanson, and Ang Lee, although the types of projects varied. For Spike Lee and Hanson, he served as cinematographer on "25th Hour" and "8 Mile," both dramas in urban settings. Meanwhile, Ang Lee recruited him to highlight the natural splendor of "Brokeback Mountain," which helped give the two main characters' relationship a layer of joyfulness and innocence. For his work on the film, Prieto garnered his first Academy Award nomination. He also collaborated with Oliver Stone on the 2004 biopic "Alexander," his 2010 drama "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," and his documentaries of Fidel Castro and Yassir Arafat, showing himself willing to embrace politically-charged and potentially incendiary material.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 67% A Midsummer Night's Dream
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96% 90% Argo Watchlist 95% 86% The Irishman Watchlist
93% 94% Amores perros
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93% 84% Killers of the Flower Moon Watchlist
88% 82% Brokeback Mountain
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88% 83% Barbie Watchlist
84% 73% State of Play
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83% 70% Silence Watchlist
82% 75% Broken Embraces
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Pedro Páramo 77% 78% 2024 Director Killers of the Flower Moon 93% 84% 2023 Cinematographer Barbie 88% 83% 2023 Cinematographer The Glorias 67% 84% 2020 Cinematographer The Irishman 95% 86% 2019 Cinematographer Silence 83% 70% 2016 Cinematographer Passengers 30% 63% 2016 Cinematographer A Midsummer Night's Dream 100% 67% 2014 Cinematographer The Homesman 81% 53% 2014 Cinematographer The Wolf of Wall Street 79% 83% 2013 Cinematographer Argo 96% 90% 2012 Cinematographer We Bought a Zoo 64% 71% 2011 Cinematographer Water for Elephants 60% 70% 2011 Cinematographer Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 54% 44% 2010 Cinematographer Biutiful 66% 75% 2010 Cinematographer Broken Embraces 82% 75% 2009 Cinematographer State of Play 84% 73% 2009 Cinematographer Lust, Caution 73% 84% 2007 Cinematographer Babel 68% 77% 2006 Cinematographer Brokeback Mountain 88% 82% 2005 Cinematographer Alexander 15% 35% 2004 Cinematographer 21 Grams 80% 86% 2003 Cinematographer Comandante 62% 73% 2003 Cinematographer Frida 76% 85% 2002 Cinematographer 25th Hour 79% 85% 2002 Cinematographer
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