Gabriel Figueroa - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	24-April-1907
Place of Birth	Mexico City (Mexico, Greater Mexico City)
Nationality	Mexico
Also know as	Gabriel Figueroa Mateos, Gabriel Figueroa M., Gabriel Figuroa, G. Figueroa, G. Figueroa, Gabriel Figuroa, Gabriel Figueroa M., Gabriel Figueroa Mateos, G. Figueroa, Gabriel Figuroa, Gabriel Figueroa M.
Profession	Cinematographer
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood. His mother died after giving birth to him. His father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to JosÃ© Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto MartÃnez Solares and RaÃºl MartÃnez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography. Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film RevoluciÃ³n of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where the established director of photography Gregg Toland taught Figueroa. Back in Mexico, his first film was Fernando de Fuentes's AllÃ¡ en el Rancho Grande which would become one of the most popular films in Mexico and Latin America, and gave him his first award at the Venice Film Festival. He filmed 235 movies over 50 years, including Los Olvidados by Luis BuÃ±uel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and RÃo Escondido by Emilio FernÃ¡ndez.

Awards by Gabriel Figueroa

Check all the awards nominated and won by Gabriel Figueroa.

1994

American Society of Cinematographers International Award

1976

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Coronation

1975

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Presage

1974

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	El señor de Osanto

1973

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : María

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	María

1964

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	The Night of the Iguana

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	The Hidden One

1954

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : The Boy and the Fog

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	The Boy and the Fog

1953

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : Soledad's Shawl

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Soledad's Shawl
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	When the Fog Lifts

1952

Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Victims of Sin

1951

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : Los Olvidados

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Los Olvidados

1950

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : Pueblerina

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Pueblerina

1949

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : Hidden River

Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography

Honored for : La perla

Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography	La perla
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Hidden River

1948

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : La perla

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	La perla

1947

Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography

Honored for : Enamorada

Nominations 1947 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Enamorada

1946

Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography	Bugambilia

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