Teo Escamilla


Teodoro Escamilla Serrano, also known as Teo Escamilla, was a Spanish cinematographer.

Biography

After starting as a second assistant operator or camera operator, he became a cinematographer for fifty-three films, primarily Spanish or in co-production, released between 1974 and 1998.
Teo Escamilla was a frequent collaborator with director Carlos Saura, working as the cinematographer on films such as Cría cuervos to The [Dark Night (film)|The Dark Night]. His notable works with Saura also include Blood Wedding and El amor brujo.
Among other directors he collaborated with are Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Jaime de Armiñán.
Throughout his career, Teo Escamilla received five nominations for the Goya Award for Best Cinematography, winning one for the aforementioned L'Amour sorcier.
He was directing a new film, En busca de Cortés, but he died from a heart attack at the age of 57 on 21 December 1997 in Matanzas, Cuba.

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

Director Carlos Saura

for Best Photography:
  • In 1989, for El Dorado and Berlín Blues;
  • And in 1990, for La Nuit obscure and Montoyas y Tarantos
1987: Goya award for best photography, for El Amor brujo.