Rodrigo Prieto

For the Mexican footballer, see Rodrigo Prieto (footballer).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prietoand the second or maternal family name is Stambaugh.

Rodrigo Prieto
Prieto at TIFF in 2024
Born	Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh (1965-11-23) November 23, 1965 (age 59) Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater	Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1988–present
Organization(s)	Mexican Society of Cinematographers American Society of Cinematographers
Spouse	Mónica
Children	2

Rodrigo Prieto & Cate Blanchett Energa Camerimage 2024

Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer and film director.

He has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other prominent directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

Early life and education

Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, Jorge Prieto Laurens, was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los Angeles, where Prieto's father would spend most of his childhood. Prieto's father studied aeronautical engineering at New York University, where he met and married Prieto's mother, an artist. Rodrigo Prieto graduated from Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.

Career

Prieto at SBIFF in 2024

Prieto is noted for his unconventional use of the camera often combined with strong moody lighting. In 25th Hour, Prieto utilized overexposure and other techniques to create original dream-like images to signify that the events shown on screen are memories or visions. Similarly innovative photography could be spotted in Frida , featuring strong colors and sharp imagery blended with atmospheric yellows and browns, as well as his experimental use of infrared during a battle scene in Alexander . Prieto also is interested in evoking naturalism, most evident in The Homesman and Brokeback Mountain . ^{[1] [2]} Prieto not only shot Brokeback Mountain, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, but appeared in a cameo role within the film as a Mexican gigolo whom Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack Twist, meets.

Prieto has formed an artistic collaboration with Martin Scorsese on his films The Wolf of Wall Street , Silence , The Irishman , ^{[3] [4]} and Killers of the Flower Moon . ^[5] He garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography for the latter three. He served as cinematographer for the music videos for the three Taylor Swift 2020 singles, "The Man", which references one of his previous films The Wolf of Wall Street , "Cardigan" and "Willow". ^[6]

Prieto is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking, awarded by the Vilcek Foundation. ^{[7] [8]}

In October 2023, Prieto served as a juror at the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacán, Mexico. ^[9]

Personal life

Prieto resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica and they have two daughters. ^[10]

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1991	El jugador	Joaquín Bissner
	Ratas nocturnas	Jon Michael Bishof
1993	Dama de noche	Eva López Sánchez
	El asesino del zodiaco	Christian González
1994	Perfume, efecto inmediato	Alejandro Gamboa
1996	All of Them Witches	Daniel Gruener
	Oedipus Mayor	Jorge Alí Triana
1998	Fibra Óptica	Francisco Athié
	Un embrujo	Carlos Carrera
2000	Amores perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Ricky 6	Peter Filardi
2001	Original Sin	Michael Cristofer
2002	Ten Tiny Love Stories	Rodrigo García
	Frida	Julie Taymor
	8 Mile	Curtis Hanson
	25th Hour	Spike Lee
2003	21 Grams	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2004	Alexander	Oliver Stone
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee
2006	Babel	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2007	Lust, Caution	Ang Lee
2009	Broken Embraces	Pedro Almodóvar
	State of Play	Kevin Macdonald
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Oliver Stone
	Biutiful	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2011	Water for Elephants	Francis Lawrence
	We Bought a Zoo	Cameron Crowe
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck
2013	A Study in Gravity	Michael Haussman
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Martin Scorsese
2014	The Homesman	Tommy Lee Jones
2016	Silence	Martin Scorsese
	Passengers	Morten Tyldum
2019	The Irishman	Martin Scorsese
2020	The Glorias	Julie Taymor
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	Martin Scorsese
	Barbie	Greta Gerwig
2024	Pedro Páramo	Himself	With Nico Aguilar

Television

Documentary series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2003–2004	America Undercover	Oliver Stone	Segments Persona Non Grata [a] and Looking for Fidel [b]
2017	The Putin Interviews		Miniseries [c]

1. Shared credit with Serguei Saldívar Tanaka
2. Shared credit with Carlos Marcovich
3. Shared credit with Anthony Dod Mantle

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2015	What Lives Inside	Robert Stromberg	1 episode
2016	Vinyl	Martin Scorsese	Episode "Pilot"

Music video

Year	Title	Artist	Director
2012	"Blue Jeans"	Lana Del Rey	Yoann Lemoine
2020	"The Man"	Taylor Swift
	"Cardigan"
	"Willow"
2024	"Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone)

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2017	Silence		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated
2024	Killers of the Flower Moon		Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2007	Babel		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated
2024	Killers of the Flower Moon		Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2003	Frida	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Nominated
2006	Brokeback Mountain		Nominated
2017	Silence		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated
2024	Killers of the Flower Moon		Nominated
2025	Fortnight	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Music Video	Nominated

Camerimage

Year	Title	Category	Result
2000	Amores Perros	Golden Frog	Won
2004	Alexander		Nominated
		Silver Frog	Won
2006	Babel	Main Competition Golden Frog	Nominated
2007	Lust, Caution		Nominated
2012	Argo		Nominated
	Lana Del Rey: Blue Jeans	Best Cinematography in a Music Video	Nominated
2016	Vinyl	Jury Award Best Pilot	Nominated
2020	The Irishman	Main Competition Golden Frog	Nominated
2024	Fortnight	Best Cinematography in a Music Video	Won

Other awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1996	Ariel Awards	Best Cinematography	All of Them Witches	Won
1999			Fibra Óptica	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Un embrujo	Won
	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Jury Prize for Best Cinematography		Won
2001	Ariel Awards	Best Cinematography	Amores perros	Won
2003	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Cinematography	21 Grams	Nominated
2005	Circuit Community Awards	Best Cinematography	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
2005	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Cinematography		Runner-up
2005	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	International Cinephile Society Awards	Best Cinematography		Runner-up Tied
2005	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2005	North Texas Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	Online Film & Television Association	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	Online Film Critics Society Award	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Cinematography		Won
2005	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2006	Circuit Community Awards	Best Cinematography	Babel	Nominated
2006	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2006	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Runner-up Tied
2006	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2006	Online Film Critics Society Award	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2006	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2008	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Cinematography	Lust, Caution	Nominated
2007	Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2007	International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers	Golden Camera 300		Won
2007	Venice Film Festival	Golden Osella Best cinematography		Won
2009	Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain	Best Cinematography	Broken Embraces	Nominated
2010	Ariel Awards	Best Cinematography	Biutiful	Won
2010	Goya Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2010	CinEuphoria Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2012	Tribeca Film Festival	Jury Award Best Cinematography	Likeness	Nominated
2016	Circuit Community Awards	Best Cinematography	Silence	Nominated
2016	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Runner-up
2016	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	International Cinephile Society Awards	Best Cinematography		Runner-up
2016	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	National Society of Film Critics	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	Online Film & Television Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	Critics' Choice Awards	Best Cinematography	The Irishman	Nominated
2019	Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Best Cinematography		6th Place
2019	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	North Texas Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	Online Film Critics Society Award	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	Phoenix Critics Circle	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	Satellite Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2019	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2021	Vilcek Foundation	Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking		Won
2024	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Cinematography	Fortnight	Nominated

See also

• Cinema of Mexico

References

1. Paula Bernstein (2014-10-24). "'The Homesman' DP Rodrigo Prieto on Working with Tommy Lee Jones and Reinventing The Western". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
2. "American Cinematographer: Alexander". Theasc.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
3. "Rodrigo Prieto: Master Cinematographer". Interview Magazine. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
4. "'Wolf Of Wall Street' Cinematographer Talks Filming Tricks for Buzzy Quaaludes Scenes". Hollywood Reporter. 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
5. Sharf, Zack (2019-12-02). "Scorsese, DiCaprio's 'Flower Moon' Eyes March 2020 Start, Tone Still Being Worked Out". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
6. Rosen, Christopher (July 31, 2020). "How Taylor Swift Directed a Music Video During the Coronavirus Pandemic". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
7. "Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Filmmakers". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
8. "Rodrigo Prieto". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
9. Fuente, Anna Marie de la (2023-10-30). "'Totem' by Lila Aviles and 'The Echo' by Tatiana Huezo Triumph at Mexico's Morelia Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
10. "Prieto ya filma con Russell Crowe". Vanguardia . January 21, 2008. Retrieved January 24, 2008.

External links

• Interview with Prieto
• Rodrigo Prieto at IMDb