Awards & Winners

Gabriel Figueroa

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 José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographers, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez 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 Revolución 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 Allá 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 Buñuel, The Night of the Iguana by John Huston, The Fugitive by John Ford, and Río Escondido by Emilio Fernández.

Awards by Gabriel Figueroa

Check all the awards nominated and won by Gabriel Figueroa.

1976


Nominations 1976 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography Coronation

1975


Nominations 1975 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography Presage

1974


Nominations 1974 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography El señor de Osanto

1973


Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography
Honored for : María

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography María

1964


Nominations 1964 »

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

1957


Nominations 1957 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography The Hidden One

1954


Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography
Honored for : The Boy and the Fog

Nominations 1954 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography The Boy and the Fog

1953


Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Soledad's Shawl

Nominations 1953 »

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

1952


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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography Victims of Sin

1951


Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Los Olvidados

Nominations 1951 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography Los Olvidados

1950


Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Pueblerina

Nominations 1950 »

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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 »

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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 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography La perla

1947


Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Enamorada

Nominations 1947 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography Enamorada

1946


Nominations 1946 »

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Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography Bugambilia