Néstor Almendros

Néstor Almendros

cinematographer, director, camera and electrical department

Néstor Almendros was born on Oct 30, 1930 in Spain. Néstor Almendros's big-screen debut came with Nadja in Paris directed by Éric Rohmer in 1964. Néstor Almendros is known for Imagine: John Lennon directed by Andrew Solt, John Lennon stars as Self and Yoko Ono as Self. Néstor Almendros has got 10 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Néstor Almendros achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new movie Néstor Almendros plays is The Marquise of O which will be released on Mar 27, 2015.

One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers. He was born in Spain but moved to Cuba by age 18 to join his exiled anti-Franco father. In Havana, he founded a cineclub and wrote film reviews. Then, he went on to study in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale. He directed six shorts in Cuba and two in New York. After the 1959 Cuban revolution, he returned and made several documentaries for the Castro-regime. But after two of his shorts (

  • Birthday

    Oct 30, 1930
  • Place of Birth

    Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Known For

Awards

10 wins & 9 nominations

Online Film & Television Association
2007
Behind the Scenes
Winner - OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
1989
Nadie escuchaba (1987)
Winner - Runner-up Prize
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