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Néstor Almendros Cuyás, ASC (30 October 1930 – 4 March 1992) was a Spanish cinematographer.
Néstor Almendros was a Spanish-born cinematographer who worked with directors like Truffaut, Rohmer and Malick. He won an Oscar for Days of Heaven and died of AIDS in 1992.
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Nestor Almendros (born Oct. 30, 1930, Barcelona, Spain—died March 4, 1992, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a cinematographer and recipient of an Oscar from the U.S. Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences for the best cinematography for his work on Days of Heaven (1978).
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Jan 29, 2017 · I go through some of Néstor Almendros' cinematography techniques to help you understand his unique style. For links to the book, go here: Just to be clear: Néstor Almendros changed his...
Mar 5, 1992 · Nestor Almendros, the Spanish-born, Academy Award-winning director of photography who sent cascades of natural light washing across such films as “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs....
Until recently, Néstor Almendros was primarily known for his work as cinematographer for French New Wave directors Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut. Now, largely as a result of Hollywood’s nouvelle vogue of hiring foreign directors of photography, he adds a new distinction: as imagemaker of one of the year’s most beautifully shot ...
Mar 4, 1992 · Néstor Almendros Cuyás (30 October 1930 – 4 March 1992) was a Spanish cinematographer. One of the most highly appraised contemporary cinematographers, "Almendros was an artist of deep integrity, who believed the most beautiful light was natural light...he will always be remembered as a cinematographer of absolute truth...a true ...
