Luis Cuadrado

Luis Cuadrado

Director

Toro, Zamora, Spain
January 1, 1934

Biography

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.

Photo

Luis Cuadrado 1

Representative Works

What the Peeper Saw
What the Peeper Saw
5.9
/ Italian
The Spirit of the Beehive
The Spirit of the Beehive
7.7
/ Spanish
Adiós, cigüeña, adiós
Adiós, cigüeña, adiós
6.5
/ Spanish
Anna and the Wolves
Anna and the Wolves
6.9
/ Spanish
Stress Is Three
Stress Is Three
6.0
/ Spanish
Mother Earth
Mother Earth
7.0
/ Basque
Charlie and the Hooker
Charlie and the Hooker
3.8
/ Spanish
Sonny and Jed
Sonny and Jed
5.8
/ Italian
Cake of Blood
Cake of Blood
5.8
/ Spanish
Spain Again
Spain Again
6.5
/ Spanish
Urtain, King of the Mountains
Urtain, King of the Mountains
6.5
/ Spanish
Honeycomb
Honeycomb
6.4
/ Spanish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

What the Peeper Saw
1972Nominee

Best Director

What the Peeper Saw

The Spirit of the Beehive
1973Winner

Best Director

The Spirit of the Beehive

Adiós, cigüeña, adiós
1971Nominee

Best Director

Adiós, cigüeña, adiós

Career Highlights

Anna and the Wolves
1973Highlight

Best Director

Anna and the Wolves

Stress Is Three
1968Highlight

Best Director

Stress Is Three

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