Affonso Beato

Affonso Beato
Born	Affonso Henrique Beato (1941-07-13) July 13, 1941 (age 83) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Years active	1965–present
Organization	American Society of Cinematographers

Affonso Henrique Beato (born July 13, 1941) is a Brazilian cinematographer.

Career

He started his cinematic career during the 1960s, gaining international recognition with his work on Glauber Rocha's Antonio das Mortes (1969). ^[1]

He has served as the President of the Brazilian Society of Cinematographers, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.

In 2017, he became a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1967	Cara a Cara	Júlio Bressane
1968	The Brave Warrior	Gustavo Dahl
	Copacabana Me Engana	Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
1969	Antonio das Mortes	Glauber Rocha
	Máscara da Traição	Roberto Pires	With Pompilho Tostes
1970	Pindorama	Arnaldo Jabor
1971	Le maître du temps	Jean-Daniel Pollet	With Jean Collomb
	O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil	Antônio Calmon
1973	The Promised Land	Miguel Littín
1974	Hot Times	Jim McBride
1978	The Boss' Son	Bobby Roth
1981	Circle of Power
	Documenteur	Agnès Varda	With Ace Armanaki, Nurith Aviv, Bob Carr, Mosh Levin and Tom Taplin
1983	Los dos Mundos de Angelita	Jane Morrison
1984	Para Viver Um Grande Amor	Miguel Faria Jr.
1985	Happily Ever After	Bruno Barreto
	Tropclip	Luiz Fernando Goulart
1986	The Big Easy	Jim McBride
1989	Great Balls of Fire!
1990	Enid Is Sleeping	Maurice Phillips
1993	The Wrong Man	Jim McBride
1994	Uncovered
	Mil e Uma	Suzana de Moraes
1995	The Flower of My Secret	Pedro Almodóvar	With Alfredo Mayo
1996	Five Days, Five Nights	José Fonseca e Costa
1997	The Informant	Jim McBride
	Live Flesh	Pedro Almodóvar
1998	Traição	José Henrique Fonseca Arthur Fontes Cláudio Torres	With Breno Silveira
1999	All About My Mother	Pedro Almodóvar
	Orfeu	Carlos Diegues
2000	Price of Glory	Carlos Ávila
2001	Ghost World	Terry Zwigoff
2003	Dot the I	Matthew Parkhill
	God Is Brazilian	Carlos Diegues
	View from the Top	Bruno Barreto
	The Fighting Temptations	Jonathan Lynn
2005	Dark Water	Walter Salles
2006	The Queen	Stephen Frears
2007	Love in the Time of Cholera	Mike Newell
2008	Nights in Rodanthe	George C. Wolfe
2013	Time and the Wind	Jayme Monjardim

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1992	Minuto da Bossa	Walter Salles	TV special
2009	Maysa: Quando Fala o Coração	Jayme Monjardim	Miniseries
2011	Roberto Carlos Especial		Episode "Emoções em Jerusalém"

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
1971	Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen	Rudolf Thome
1991	Blood Ties	Jim McBride
1997	Pronto
	Dead by Midnight
2004	Plainsong	Richard Pearce
2011	Cinema Verite	Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini

Other credits

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen	Man from another planet	TV movie
1993	The Wrong Man	Smuggler

Director

• Colours (TBA)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1967	Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema	Best Cinematography	Cara a Cara	Won
1997			Mil e Uma	Won
1999	Camerimage	Golden Frog	All About My Mother	Nominated
2006			The Queen	Nominated
2007			Love in the Time of Cholera	Nominated
1999	Goya Awards	Best Cinematography	All About My Mother	Nominated
1999	Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro	Best Cinematography	Orfeu	Won
2003			God Is Brazilian	Nominated
2013			Time and the Wind	Nominated

References

1. "Cinema Paradiso: Cinematographer and Film Faculty Affonso Beato Brings his Passion for Collaboration into the Classroom". ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
2. "Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others Invited to Join Academy of Motion Pictures". Remezcla. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

External links

• Official page
• Affonso Beato at IMDb