Lauro Escorel

Lauro Escorel Filho (born January 5, 1950), most known as Lauro Escorel, is an American-born Brazilian cinematographer and film director. He was born during his father, a Ministry of External Relations, stay in Washington, DC.^[1] He first worked as an assistant to Dib Lutfi and Affonso Beato, and made his debut in 1971 on Leon Hirszman's São Bernardo,^[2] which won Gramado Film Festival Best Cinematography Award.^[3] He directed the short film Libertários, winner of Margarida de Prata Award from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, in 1976.^[4] In 1978, he would win again the Gramado Film Festival Best Cinematography Award for his work on Héctor Babenco's Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia.^[3] His first feature film, Sonho sem Fim, won the Jury Special Award at the 1986 Gramado Film Festival.^[3] Ironweed (1987), another Babenco's film, would make him more known internationally.^[2]

Lauro Escorel
Lauro Escorel
Born	Lauro Escorel Filho January 5, 1950 (1950-01-05) (age 75) Washington, DC, United States
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1971–present
Relatives	Eduardo Escorel (brother)[1]

Selected filmography

• All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)
• Lucio Flavio (1977)
• Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1978)
• Bye Bye Brasil (1979)
• They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
• Quilombo (1984)
• Love Me Forever or Never (1986)
• Ironweed (1987)
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
• Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)
• Foolish Heart (1998)
• A Hidden Life (2001)
• Maids (2001)
• A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
• The Greatest Love of All (2006)
• Baptism of Blood (2006)
• Casa da Mãe Joana (2008)
• O Contador de Histórias (2009)
• Casa da Mãe Joana 2 (2013)