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Born October 30, 1930 • Barcelona • Spain
Died March 4, 1992 (aged 61) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1979)
Kaufman and Nykvist filming The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sven Nykvist
Swedish cinematographer
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe
American cinematographer
Gregg Toland
American cinematographer
François Truffaut: Day for Night
Jean-Pierre Léaud
French actor
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón
Mexican director and screenwriter
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress
Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem
Spanish actor
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Spanish filmmaker
scene from Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italian director
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Dodsworth
Rudolph Maté
Polish-born filmmaker
Richard Gere
Richard Gere
American actor and humanitarian
Paul Strand
American photographer
The War of the Worlds
Byron Haskin
American director, cinematographer, and special-effects artist
Frank, Robert
Robert Frank
American photographer
Roeg, Nicolas
Nicolas Roeg
English filmmaker
Bitzer, Billy
Billy Bitzer
American cinematographer
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant
French actor
Patty Duke
American actress
Victor McLaglen
American actor

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