Roque Funes was the most prominent Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 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...

 in the history of the Cinema of Argentina

Cinema of Argentina

The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....

 whose career spanned over 40 years of cinema.

He began working in cinematography

Cinematography

Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...

 in 1921 with director José A. Ferreyra

José A. Ferreyra

José A Ferreyra , popularly known as "Negro Ferreyra" , was an early Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer...

 in La Gaucha

La Gaucha

La Gaucha is a 1920 Argentine silent film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra with Leopoldo Torres Ríos. The film premiered in Argentina on 27 April 1920.-Cast:*Álvaro Escobar as Lamento, el trovador del pago...

, and worked extensively with Ferreyra on films that followed such as Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño

Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Ensueño

Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño is a 1922 Argentine musical film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra. The film premiered in Argentina on 26 September 1922....

(1922), La Leyenda del puente inca (1923) and Odio serrano

Odio serrano

Odio serrano is a 1924 silent Argentine film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra. The film premiered in 1924 in Buenos Aires....

(1924).

In 1939 he worked on Bodas de sangre

Bodas de sangre

Blood Wedding is a tragedy by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed in Madrid in March 1933 and later that year in Buenos Aires...

and Amor (1940 film)

Amor (1940 film)

Amor is a 1940 Argentine comedy film directed and written by Luis Bayón Herrera and starring Severo Fernández.-Cast:*Salvador Arcella*Severo Fernández*Regina Laval*Aída Luz*Mirtha Montchel*Pepita Muñoz*Ernesto Raquén*Pepita Serrador...

. Funes worked on Capitán Veneno in 1943 and Albergue de mujeres

Albergue de Mujeres

Albergue de Mujeres is a 1946 Argentine film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom with the script written by Emilio Villalba Welsh. The film starred Aída Alberti and Orestes Caviglia, and Bertha Moss...

in 1946.

The successful Con la música en el alma was released in 1951 and he worked on the Bárbara atómica

Bárbara atómica

Bárbara atómica is a 1952 Argentine film....

film in 1952. His last film was Venus perseguida before his retirement as a cinematographer in 1964.

He died on 15 June 1981 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

 aged 83.

Filmography

• Venus perseguida (1964)
• Marido de Mulher Boa (1960)
• Del cuplé al tango (1958)

Violencia en la ciudad (1957)

• Sonámbulo que quería dormir, El (1956)
• Escuela de sirenas y tiburones (1955)
• Mi marido hoy duerme en casa (1955)
• Misión extravagante (1954) ... aka Misión en Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• Siete gritos en el mar (1954)
• Somos todos inquilinos (1954)
• Tres mosquiteros, Los (1953) ... aka The Three Musketeers (International: English title)
• ¡Qué noche de casamiento! (1953)
• Romeo y Julita (1953)
• Suegra último modelo (1953)
• Bárbara atómica
  Bárbara atómica
  Bárbara atómica is a 1952 Argentine film....
  
   (1952)
• Infortunado Fortunato, El (1952)
• ¡Qué rico el mambo! (1952)
• Mucamo de la niña, El (1951)
• Tierra extraña (1951)
• Camino al crimen (1951)
• Con la música en el alma (1951)
• Morocho del Abasto: La vida de Carlos Gardel, El (1950)
• Doctora Castañuelas, La (1950)
• Hombre de las sorpresas, El (1949)
• To do un héroe (1949)
• Fúlmine (1949)
• Imitaciones peligrosas (1949)
• Nieto de Congreve, El (1949)
• Otra cosa es con guitarra (1949)
• Pantalones cortos (1949)
• Maridos modernos (1948)
• Cuidado con las imitaciones (1948)
• María de los Ángeles (1948)
• Jugador, El (1948)
• Romance sin palabras (1948)
• Lucrecia Borgia (1947)
• Marido ideal, Un (1947)
• Misterioso tío Sylas, El (1947) aka The Mysterious Uncle Silas
• Albergue de mujeres
  Albergue de Mujeres
  Albergue de Mujeres is a 1946 Argentine film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom with the script written by Emilio Villalba Welsh. The film starred Aída Alberti and Orestes Caviglia, and Bertha Moss...
  
   (1946)
• 3 millones y el amor (1946)
• Capitán Pérez, El (1946)
• Modelo de París, Un (1946)
• La Amada inmóvil
  La Amada Inmóvil
  La Amada Inmóvil is a 1945 Argentine film directed and written by Luis Bayón Herrera. The film starred Santiago Gómez Cou and Yvonne Bastien as Ivonne De Lys...
  
   (1945)
• Mujer sin importancia, Una (1945)
• Danza de la fortuna, La (1944) .. aka The Dance of Fortune (International: English title)
• Dos rivales, Los (1944) ... aka The Two Rivals (International: English title)
• Deseo, El (1944)
• Sorpresas del divorcio, Las (1943)
• Piel de Zapa, La (1943)
• Capitán Veneno (1943) ... aka Captain Poison (International: English title)
• Pasión imposible (1943)
• Sillón y la gran duquesa, El (1943)
• Suerte llama tres veces, La (1943)
• Malambo (1942)
• Bruma en el Riachuelo (1942)
• Casa de los millones, La (1942)
• Mañana me suicido (1942)
• Secuestro sensacional (1942) aka Sensational Kidnapping (International: English title)
• Su primer baile (1942)
• Peluquería de señoras (1941)
• Cándida millonaria (1941)
• Cuando canta el corazón (1941) aka When the Heart Sings (International: English title)
• Joven, viuda y estanciera (1941)
• Si yo fuera rica (1941)
• Maestrita de los obreros, La (1941)
• Mamá Gloria (1941)
• Más infeliz del pueblo, El (1941)
• Novela de un joven pobre, La (1941)
• Papá tiene novia (1941)
• Mi fortuna por un nieto (1940)
• Celos de Cándida, Los (1940)
• Astro del tango, El (1940)
• Amor (1940 film)
  Amor (1940 film)
  Amor is a 1940 Argentine comedy film directed and written by Luis Bayón Herrera and starring Severo Fernández.-Cast:*Salvador Arcella*Severo Fernández*Regina Laval*Aída Luz*Mirtha Montchel*Pepita Muñoz*Ernesto Raquén*Pepita Serrador...
  
  
• De México llegó el amor (1940)
• Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1940)
• Señor mucamo, Un (1940)
• Nuestra tierra de paz (1939)
• Bodas de sangre
  Bodas de sangre
  Blood Wedding is a tragedy by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed in Madrid in March 1933 and later that year in Buenos Aires...
  
   (1938)
• Barranca abajo (1937)
• Murió el sargento Laprida (1937)
• Mañana es domingo (1934)
• Calles de Buenos Aires (1934)
• En el infierno del Chaco (1932)
• Mi último tango (1925)
• Arriero de Yacanto, El (1924)
• Mientras Buenos Aires duerme (1924)
• Odio serrano
  Odio serrano
  Odio serrano is a 1924 silent Argentine film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra. The film premiered in 1924 in Buenos Aires....
  
   (1924)
• La Leyenda del puente inca (1923)
• El Puñal del mazorquero (1923)
• Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño
  Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Ensueño
  Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño is a 1922 Argentine musical film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra. The film premiered in Argentina on 26 September 1922....
  
   (1922)
• La Gaucha
  La Gaucha
  La Gaucha is a 1920 Argentine silent film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra with Leopoldo Torres Ríos. The film premiered in Argentina on 27 April 1920.-Cast:*Álvaro Escobar as Lamento, el trovador del pago...
  
  (1921)