Alex Phillips (cinematographer)
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Alex Phillips | |
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| Born | Alexander Pelepiock January 11, 1900 |
| Died | June 14, 1977 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Canadian Mexican |
| Other names | Alec Phillips |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1921–1973 |
| Spouse |
Alicia Bolaños (m. 1933) |
| Children | Alex Phillips Jr. Myrna Phillips |
| Awards | Ariel Award for Best Cinematography 1952 En La Palma de Tu Mano 1955 Untouched |
Alexander Phillips (born Alexander Pelepiock; January 11, 1900 – June 14, 1977) was a Canadian-Mexican cinematographer. He worked on over 200 films, most of them during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Throughout his career, he was nominated 14 times for an Ariel Award for Best Cinematography which he won twice for En La Palma de Tu Mano and Untouched.
In 1973, Phillips was recognized with a Golden Ariel from the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences for his excellence and contributions to the Mexican film industry.
Early life
Phillips was born in
Hollywood
since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor.
Hollywood
He auditioned with
movie industry and started his career in cinematography and film editing. He received an opportunity when an assistant fell sick and was able to travel to France with the Canadian Official Photography. After Christie Comedies went bankrupt, he was hired by Samuel Goldwyn
while he attended evening classes. He received the opportunity of working with Barnes, Edison and Meyer, and learned techniques such as graduations, tridimensional vision, and the sense of potential balance. Phillips then began experimenting with lights and camera movements.
Mexico
He moved to Mexico in 1931 and worked with directors such as
expressionist. He worked in more than 250 movies in Mexico and 150 in the United States including La mujer del puerto (1934), Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (1952 with Luis Buñuel), La Red (1953 with Emilio Fernández). His last film was El castillo de la pureza (1972 with Arturo Ripstein
).
Awards
- En la palma de tu mano (1952), Untouched (1955), and El Castillo de la pureza(1973, Ariel de Oro).
Selected filmography
- See My Lawyer (1921)
- Hold Your Breath (1924)
- Seven Days (1925)
- The Nervous Wreck (1926)
- Luponini from Chicago (1935)
- The Eternal Secret (1942)
- Michael Strogoff (1944)
- The White Monk (1945)
- Twilight (1945)
- Everybody's Woman (1946)
- Flor de caña (1948)
- Desired (1951)
- Women Who Work (1953)
- The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)
- My Mother Is Guilty (1960)
- The Partisan of Villa (1967)
- Traitors of San Angel (1967)
- Farewell to Marriage (1968)
External links
- Alex Phillips at IMDb
- Alex Phillips, Builder of Atmospheres
- ASC Close-Up Henner Hofmann, ASC
- Medalla Salvador Toscano - ALEX PHILLIPS Jr.
- Biography at Canal 22(in Spanish)
- Histórico de nominados y ganadores - Ariel (in Spanish)
- ALEX PHILLIPS, CONSTRUCTOR DE ATMÓSFERAS (in Spanish)
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