Alfredo F. Mayo
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Alfredo F. Mayo is a Spanish born film cinematographer who has also been credited as Alfredo Fernández Mayo and Alfredo Mayo.
Early in his career, Mayo worked with many different directors, on less well-known films. In 1991 he won the renowned
1991 he filmed for
Further collaborations were with director Gerardo Herrero, for whom Mayo filmed all ten films that Herrero made from 1994 until 2006, when Mayo made his last film as of October 2007. Mayo also worked with Fernando León de Aranoa on three occasions (Barrio in 1998, Familia in 1996, and award-winning Los lunes al sol in 2002).
Awards and nominations
Apart from the Goya Award for Best Cinematography in Las Cartas de Alou (1991) and the two further Goya nominations, Mayo won three
He received three CEC Awards from the Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, El Maestro de esgrima (1993),
In addition, he won an award for Best Cinematography each in Cuando vuelvas a mi lado 1999 at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and in Plata quemada 2001 at the Havana Film Festival.
Filmography (partial)
- Tacones lejanos(1991) a.k.a. High Heels
- Women (1997)
- Las razones de mis amigos (2000) a.k.a. Friends Have Reasons
- Almejas y mejillones(2000) Clams and Mussels
- Adiós con el corazón (2000) a.k.a. Goodbye from the Heart
- Plata quemada(2000) Burnt Money
- Antigua vida mía(2001) a.k.a. Antigua, My Life
- Kamchatka (2002)
- Los lunes al sol(2002) Mondays in the Sun
- El lugar donde estuvo el paraíso (2002) a.k.a. The Place That Was Paradise
- El misterio Galíndez (2003) a.k.a. The Galíndez File
- El principio de Arquímedes (2004) a.k.a. The Archimedes Principle
- El Método(2005)
- Heroína (2005)
- Los aires difíciles(2006) a.k.a. Rough Winds
- Una rosa de Francia(2006)
External links
- Alfredo F. Mayo at IMDb
- Alfredo F. Mayo at Cinenacional.com (in Spanish) (archive)