FILM DIRECTOR

Néstor Almendros

1930 - 1992

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Néstor Almendros Cuyás, ASC (30 October 1930 – 4 March 1992) was a Spanish cinematographer. He was one of the most highly appraised contemporary cinematographers, having a working collaboration with filmmakers François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Robert Benton, while winning an Oscar for Best Cinematography for Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Néstor Almendros is the 452nd most popular film director (up from 517th in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from Spain (up from 873rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Néstor Almendros ranks 452 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexander Korda, Chuck Lorre, Jan Troell, Ernst Marischka, Jerzy Hoffman, and Maya Deren. After him are Robert Rossen, Larisa Shepitko, James L. Brooks, Joe Dante, John Boorman, and William A. Wellman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Néstor Almendros ranks 183. Before him are Julián Herranz Casado, Leslie Manigat, Chus Lampreave, Károly Grósz, Todor Veselinović, and Václav Vorlíček. After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Dick Sargent, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy McLane, Sa'dun Hammadi, and Babushka Lady. Among people deceased in 1992, Néstor Almendros ranks 100. Before him are Heinrich Eberbach, Suleiman Frangieh, Giorgio Perlasca, Nie Rongzhen, Seichō Matsumoto, and Ajahn Chah. After him are Wang Hongwen, Jean Dieudonné, Allen Newell, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Fritz Leiber, and Alex Haley.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Néstor Almendros ranks 768 out of 3,355. Before him are Francesc Eiximenis (1330), Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342), Inés Suárez (1507), Rossy de Palma (1964), Manuel Sanchís Martínez (1938), and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900). After him are José Miaja (1878), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Manuel Valls (1962), Lamine Yamal (2007), and José Luis Mendilibar (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Néstor Almendros ranks 8. Before him are Luis Buñuel (1900), Carlos Saura (1932), Jesús Franco (1930), Bigas Luna (1946), Víctor Erice (1940), and Juan Antonio Bardem (1922). After him are Vicente Aranda (1926), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), Isabel Coixet (1960), Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi (1927), and Fernando Trueba (1955).

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