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Javier Aguirresarobe
Spanish cinematographer (born 1948) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Javier Aguirresarobe Zubía (born 10 October 1948) is a Basque Spanish cinematographer.
After working primarily in Spanish movies during the 1980s and 1990s, he gained international recognition for his work on the 2001s film The Others. From there, he worked mostly in Hollywood productions, ranging across multiple genres.
He also developed collaborations with some directors, with Chris Weitz being his most frequent, working together since The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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Early life and education
Javier Aguirresarobe Zubía was born in Eibar, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain, on 10 October 1948.[1] He has an older brother who was an industrial photographer, whom he used to help in the lab as a teenager, and this sparked his passion for photography.[2]
After earning a Diploma in Optics,[3] He moved to Madrid to study journalism, and worked at various newspapers before deciding to change tack. He studied cinematography at the Official School of Cinematography,[1] which has close links to the Spanish film industry. Only the top nine students in the entrance exam were admitted to the cinematography course. The students used 35mm film.[2]
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Career
In 1983, Aguirresarobe's first work as cinematographer was for "a very small movie", La Muerte de Mikel (The Death of Mikel), which turned out to be a success at the box office.[2]
He has mostly worked alone, but once worked with Spanish cinematographer Luis Cuadrado[2] (The Spirit of the Beehive).
He first attracted international attention with the 1997 film Secrets of the Heart, and even more in 2001 with The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenábar and starring Nicole Kidman.[4]
Aguirresarobe has worked with Spanish directors such as Imanol Uribe, Montxo Armendáriz, Alejandro Amenábar, Pedro Almodóvar, Julio Médem, Montxo Armendáriz, and Fernando Trueba, and internationally, with Miloš Forman, John Hillcoat, and Woody Allen.[1]
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Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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In 2004, he won the Spanish National Photography Award.[3]
In 2009, Aguirresarobe was one of two recipients to be awarded the Universal Basque Prize by the Lehendakari (the Basque president) "in recognition of their endeavours to disseminate the image of the Basque Country outside its frontiers in the seat of the Lehendakaritza".[5]
In 2012[4] Aguirresarobe was honoured with membership of the American Society of Cinematographers on the recommendation of Steven Poster, Julio Macat, and Rodrigo Prieto.[2]
San Diego Film Critics Society
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