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 Goya Award for Best Cinematography in Las cartas de Alou (released 1990). He would be nominated twice more for the Goya (El Maestro de esgrima in 1992 and El Misterio Galíndez in 2003), but did not win it again.
1991 he filmed for Pedro Almodóvar
's Tacones lejanos
(High Heels); the two worked together again on Kika
(1993). At this time he also started to film for Marcelo Piñeyro
, for Caballos Salvajes; Mayo went on to be the cinematographer with whom Piñeyro worked in all films that he directed alone (i.e. except Historias de Argentina en vivo), including the critically well-received Plata quemada
(2000) and Kamchatka (2002).
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).
(2001) and Kamchatka (2003).
He received three CEC Awards from the Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, El Maestro de esgrima (1993), El Aliento del diablo (1994), and Cuando vuelvas a mi lado (2000). In 2003, he was again nominated for the award for Los Lunes al sol.
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
.
Spain
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born film cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
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 Goya Award for Best Cinematography in Las cartas de Alou (released 1990). He would be nominated twice more for the Goya (El Maestro de esgrima in 1992 and El Misterio Galíndez in 2003), but did not win it again.
1991 he filmed for Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...
's Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
High Heels is a 1991 melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Marisa Paredes, Victoria Abril and Miguel Bosé. The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self-involved mother who is a famous torch song singer and the grown daughter she had abandoned as a child...
(High Heels); the two worked together again on Kika
Kika
Kika is a 1993 Spanish language Pedro Almodóvar film starring Verónica Forqué as the title character.-Plot:Kika , a young, bubbly aspiring actress turned cosmetologist, is called to the cottage of Nicholas Pierce , an American freelance writer who has moved to Spain to write about game hunting, to...
(1993). At this time he also started to film for Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer.-Biography:Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts...
, for Caballos Salvajes; Mayo went on to be the cinematographer with whom Piñeyro worked in all films that he directed alone (i.e. except Historias de Argentina en vivo), including the critically well-received Plata quemada
Plata Quemada
Plata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001....
(2000) and Kamchatka (2002).
Further collaborations were with director Gerardo Herrero
Gerardo Herrero
Gerardo Herrero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.He is one of the most important producers of Latin American films.-Filmography as Film Director:* Desvío al paraíso* Malena es un nombre de tango...
, 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
Fernando León de Aranoa
Fernando León de Aranoa is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was noted for always saying his greatest work wouldn't come from his hands or mind but from his name. A new Fernando Leon of the 21st century would detail this masterpiece...
on three occasions (Barrio
Barrio
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...
in 1998, Familia
Familia
Familia was the name of a Polish political party led by the Czartoryski magnates and families allied with them, and formed toward the end of the reign of King August II...
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 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards ("Silver Condors") for the Piñeyro films Cenizas del paraíso (1998), Plata quemadaPlata Quemada
Plata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001....
(2001) and Kamchatka (2003).
He received three CEC Awards from the Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, El Maestro de esgrima (1993), El Aliento del diablo (1994), and Cuando vuelvas a mi lado (2000). In 2003, he was again nominated for the award for Los Lunes al sol.
In addition, he won an award for Best Cinematography each in Cuando vuelvas a mi lado 1999 at the San Sebastián International Film Festival
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...
, and in Plata quemada 2001 at the Havana Film Festival
Havana Film Festival
The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Spanish-language filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana.The festival takes place...
.
Filmography (partial)
- Tacones lejanosTacones lejanosHigh Heels is a 1991 melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Marisa Paredes, Victoria Abril and Miguel Bosé. The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self-involved mother who is a famous torch song singer and the grown daughter she had abandoned as a child...
(1991) aka High Heels - Las Razones de mis amigos (2000) aka Friends Have Reasons
- Almejas y mejillones (2000) Clams and Mussels
- Adiós con el corazón (2000) aka Goodbye from the Heart
- Plata quemadaPlata QuemadaPlata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001....
(2000) Burnt Money - Antigua vida mía (2001) aka Antigua, My Life
- Kamchatka (2002)
- Los lunes al solLos lunes al solMondays in the Sun is a 2002 Spanish film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem. The film depicts the degrading effects of unemployment on a group of men left jobless by the closure of the shipyards in Vigo, Galicia.-Plot:...
(2002) Mondays in the Sun - El Lugar donde estuvo el paraíso (2002) aka The Place That Was Paradise
- El Misterio Galíndez (2003) aka The Galíndez File
- El Principio de ArquímedesEl Principio de ArquímedesEl Principio de Arquímedes is a 2004 film directed by Gerardo Herrero featuring Marta Belaustegui and Roberto Enríquez....
(2004) aka The Archimedes Principle - El Método (2005)
- Heroína (2005)
- Los Aires difíciles (2006) aka Rough Winds
- Una Rosa de Francia (2006)
External links
- Alfredo F. Mayo at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...