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 | |
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.jpg) Lauro Escorel | |
| Born | Lauro Escorel Filho January 5, 1950 (age 74) |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Relatives | Eduardo Escorel (brother)[1] |
Selected filmography
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ a b Ramos, Fernão; Miranda, Luiz Felipe (2000). Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro. Senac. p. 217. ISBN 9788573590937.
- ^ a b "Lauro Escorel". Filme B (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Festival de Gramado – Premiados" (in Portuguese). Gramado Film Festival. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ "Libertários deu rosto e sentido aos anarquistas de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). São Paulo International Film Festival. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
External links
edit- Lauro Escorel at IMDb
- Official website (in Portuguese)
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