Néstor Almendros
Birthday
1930/10/30
Day of death
1992/03/04 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Also know as
Néstor Almendros Cuyás, Nestor Almendros, John Nestor, ネスター・アルメンドロス
Biography
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 master of light". Néstor Almendros Cuyás was born in Barcelona, Spain, but at 18 moved to Cuba to join his exiled anti-Francisco Franco father. In Havana, he wrote film ...Read more
Acting
(1992) Visions of Light
as Self
(1967) La Collectionneuse
as ---
(1991) A Movie Capital
as Self
(1978) The Green Room
as ---
(1988) Alekan, la lumière
as Self
(2009) Working with François Truffaut: Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography
as Self
(1978) En répétant Perceval
as ---
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self