Luis Cuadrado was born in 1934 in the Zamora town of Toro (Spain). He studied at the Official School of Cinematography and introduced the visual style of the French nouvelle vague in Spain. He participated as director of photography or camera operator in numerous Spanish films of the 1960s and 1970s, alongside directors such as Carlos Saura (La caza, El jardín de las delicias), Víctor Erice (El espíritu de la colmena) and José Luis Borau (Furtivos).
A progressive blindness, which became total, deprived him of continuing with his work and already in Cría cuervos (1976) he had to be helped by his disciple, Teo Escamilla. He died on January 18, 1980, in Madrid.
1977 | Mi primer pecado - Director of Photography |
1976 | La muerte del escorpión - Director of Photography |
1976 | Emilia... parada y fonda - Director of Photography |
1976 | Memoria - Cinematography |
1976 | Pascual Duarte - Director of Photography |
1975 | Furtivos - Cinematography |
1975 | El clan de los Nazarenos - Director of Photography |
1975 | Hay que matar a B. - Director of Photography |
1975 | Il bianco, il giallo, il nero - Director of Photography |
1974 | La Regenta - Director of Photography |
1974 | El amor del capitán Brando - Director of Photography |
1974 | La prima Angélica - Director of Photography |
1973 | Mi profesora particular - Director of Photography |
1973 | Arı Kovanı'nın Ruhu - Director of Photography |
1973 | Verflucht, dies Amerika - Director of Photography |
1973 | Ana y los lobos - Director of Photography |
1973 | Habla, mudita - Cinematography |
1972 | La tua presenza nuda! - Director of Photography |
1972 | La banda J. & S. Cronaca criminale del Far West - Director of Photography |
1972 | Lejos de los árboles - Director of Photography |
1972 | Carta de amor de un asesino - Director of Photography |
1972 | La casa sin fronteras - Director of Photography |
1972 | Mi querida señorita - Director of Photography |
1971 | Condenados a vivir - Director of Photography |
1971 | Adiós, cigüeña, adiós - Cinematography |
1971 | Los jóvenes amantes - Director of Photography |
1971 | Goya: historia de una soledad - Director of Photography |
1971 | Pastel de sangre - Director of Photography |
1970 | El jardín de las delicias - Director of Photography |
1970 | Las secretas intenciones - Director of Photography |
1970 | Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés - Director of Photography |
1969 | Los desafíos - Cinematography |
1969 | La Madriguera - Director of Photography |
1969 | Nocturno 29 - Camera Operator |
1969 | Nocturno 29 - Director of Photography |
1969 | España otra vez - Director of Photography |
1969 | Cantando a la vida - Cinematography |
1969 | Urtain, el Rey de la Selva… o así - Director of Photography |
1968 | Stress-es tres-tres - Director of Photography |
1968 | Ama Lur - Director of Photography |
1968 | En Baldiri de la costa - Director of Photography |
1968 | Si volvemos a vernos - Director of Photography |
1967 | No contéis con los dedos - Director of Photography |
1967 | Peppermint frappé - Director of Photography |
1967 | De cuerpo presente - Director of Photography |
1967 | Sábado en la playa - Director of Photography |
1967 | Mañana Será Otro Día - Director of Photography |
1966 | Juguetes rotos - Director of Photography |
1966 | La caza - Director of Photography |
1966 | El arte de vivir - Camera Operator |
1965 | El juego de la oca - Camera Operator |
1963 | Se necesita chico - Second Assistant Camera |
1962 | El borracho - Cinematography |
1962 | Muerte al amanecer - Director of Photography |
1960 | Tarde de domingo - Camera Operator |
1960 | En el río - Camera Operator |
1960 | A través de San Sebastián - Camera Operator |
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