Affonso Beato | |
|---|---|
| Born | Affonso Henrique Beato July 13, 1941 |
| Occupation | cinematographer |
Affonso Henrique Beato (born July 13, 1941) is a Brazilian cinematographer. He has served as the President of the Brazilian Society of Cinematographers, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He is also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. In 2017, he became a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[1]
Beato was born in Rio de Janeiro. He started his cinematic career during the 1960s, gaining international recognition with his work on Glauber Rocha's Antonio das Mortes (1969).
From the 1970s, he started an international career, notably collaborating with directors Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire! ) and Pedro Almodóvar (The Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh and All About My Mother). In 2004, he was the Director of Photography on fellow Brazilian Walter Salles's first Hollywood effort Dark Water. Other notable credits include Ghost World, The Queen, Love In The Time Of Cholera, and Nights in Rodanthe.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Cara a Cara | Júlio Bressane | |
| 1968 | Viagem ao Fim do Mundo | Fernando Coni Campos | With Oswaldo de Oliveira, José Medeiros and Cliton Villela |
| The Brave Warrior | Gustavo Dahl | ||
| Copacabana Me Engana | Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | ||
| 1969 | Antonio das Mortes | Glauber Rocha | |
| Máscara da Traição | Roberto Pires | With Pompilho Tostes | |
| 1970 | Pindorama | Arnaldo Jabor | |
| Le maître du temps | Jean-Daniel Pollet | With Jean Collomb | |
| 1971 | O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil | Antônio Calmon | |
| 1973 | The Promised Land | Miguel Littín | |
| 1974 | Hot Times | Jim McBride | |
| 1978 | The Boss' Son | Bobby Roth | |
| 1981 | Circle of Power | ||
| Documenteur | Agnès Varda | With Nurith Aviv and Bob Carr | |
| 1983 | Los dos Mundos de Angelita | Jane Morrison | |
| 1984 | Para Viver Um Grande Amor | Miguel Faria Jr. | |
| 1985 | Happily Ever After | Bruno Barreto | |
| Tropclip | Luiz Fernando Goulart | ||
| 1986 | The Big Easy | Jim McBride | |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | ||
| 1990 | Enid Is Sleeping | Maurice Phillips | |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Jim McBride | |
| 1994 | Uncovered | ||
| Mil e Uma | Suzana de Moraes | ||
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret | Pedro Almodóvar | With Alfredo Mayo |
| 1996 | Five Days, Five Nights | José Fonseca e Costa | |
| 1997 | The Informant | Jim McBride | Golden Osella, Best Cinematography |
| Live Flesh | Pedro Almodóvar | ||
| 1998 | Traição | José Henrique Fonseca Arthur Fontes Cláudio Torres |
With Breno Silveira |
| 1999 | All About My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar | Goya Award, Best Cinematography |
| Orfeu | Carlos Diegues | ||
| 2000 | Price of Glory | Carlos Ávila | |
| 2001 | Ghost World | Terry Zwigoff | |
| 2003 | Dot the I | Matthew Parkhill | |
| God Is Brazilian | Carlos Diegues | ||
| View from the Top | Bruno Barreto | ||
| The Fighting Temptations | Jonathan Lynn | ||
| 2005 | Dark Water | Walter Salles | |
| 2006 | The Queen | Stephen Frears | |
| 2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera | Mike Newell | |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | George C. Wolfe | |
| 2013 | Time and the Wind | Jayme Monjardim | Grand Premio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Cinematography |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Minuto da Bossa | Walter Salles | TV special |
| 2009 | Maysa: Quando Fala o Coração | Jayme Monjardim | Miniseries |
| 2011 | Roberto Carlos Especial | Episode "Emoções em Jerusalém" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Supergirl | Rudolf Thome |
| 1991 | Blood Ties | Jim McBride |
| Marisa Monte: Mais | Lula Buarque de Hollanda Arthur Fontes | |
| 1997 | Pronto | Jim McBride |
| Dead by Midnight | ||
| 2004 | Plainsong | Richard Pearce |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite | Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini |
Documentary works
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Herança do Nordeste | Sérgio Muniz Geraldo Sarno Paulo Gil Soares |
With Lauro Escorel and Thomaz Farkas |
| 1977 | Destino manifiesto | José García | |
| 1979 | Terra dos Índios | Zelito Viana | With Lúcio Kodato, Luiz Carlos Saldanha and Ricardo Stein |
| 1982 | Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey | Gene Rosow | With Armand Marco and Jeri Sopanen |
| 2001 | Adriana Calcanhoto - Público | Suzana de Moraes Jodele Lacher |
Video Documentary |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | O Circo | Arnaldo Jabor | |
| 1966 | Heitor dos Prazeres | Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | |
| Lima Barreto - Trajetória | Júlio Bressane | ||
| 1968 | Memórias do Cangaço | Paulo Gil Soares | Segment of Brasil Verdade |
| Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | ||
| 1977 | Simplesmente Jenny | Helena Solberg | |
| The Girl with the Incredible Feeling | Linda Feferman | ||
| 1993 | Bossa Nova Music & Reminiscenses | Walter Salles |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Les carnets Brésiliens | Pierre Kast | |
| 1992 | João & Antônio | Walter Salles | With Breno Silveira |
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Supergirl | Man from another planet | TV movie |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Smuggler |
References
- ↑ "Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others Invited to Join Academy of Motion Pictures". Remezcla. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ↑ "Cinema Paradiso: Cinematographer and Film Faculty Affonso Beato Brings his Passion for Collaboration into the Classroom". ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved 2017-11-05.