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Rodrigo Prieto

Biography

Rodrigo Prieto (born November 1965) is a Mexican cinematographer.

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. There, Prieto's father would spend most of his childhood. He studied aeronautical engineering at New York University, where he met and married Prieto's mother, an art student. Prieto graduated from Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City; He has become an established cinematographer, working with such names as Spike Lee(25th Hour), Curtis Hanson (8 Mile), Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Lust, Caution) and Pedro Almodovar (Broken Embraces.) Nonetheless, his political legacy still has a visible effect on his career. In 2002, he shot Frida, a film about Frida Kahlo, a communist Mexican artist. In 2003, he cooperated with Oliver Stone in two documentaryprojects: Comandante, about Fidel Castro, and Persona Non Grata, about Yassir Arafat. In 2004, he shot Alexander for Stone. Prieto also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful. Prieto has most recently formed an artistic collaboration with Martin Scorsese; first on The Wolf of Wall Street and most recently, Silence. 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. He also is interested in evoking naturalism, most evident in The Homesman and Brokeback Mountain.

Actor

The Audition

2015

as Rodrigo Prieto

Brokeback Mountain

2005

as Young Mexican (uncredited)

21 Grams: In Fragments

2004

as Self

Camera

Pedro Páramo

2024

Director of Photography

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

Director of Photography

Barbie

2023

Director of Photography

The Glorias

2020

Director of Photography

R&R

2019

Director of Photography

The Irishman

2019

Director of Photography

Together

2018

Director of Photography

Silence

2016

Director of Photography

Passengers

2016

Director of Photography

The Audition

2015

Director of Photography

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

Additional Photography

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2014

Director of Photography

The Homesman

2014

Director of Photography

Human Voice

2014

Director of Photography

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Director of Photography

Likeness

2013

Director of Photography

Argo

2012

Director of Photography

We Bought a Zoo

2011

Director of Photography

Water for Elephants

2011

Director of Photography

Biutiful

2010

Director of Photography

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010

Director of Photography

State of Play

2009

Director of Photography

Broken Embraces

2009

Director of Photography

Lust, Caution

2007

Director of Photography

Babel

2006

Director of Photography

Brokeback Mountain

2005

Director of Photography

Alexander

2004

Director of Photography

Looking For Fidel

2004

Director of Photography

21 Grams

2003

Director of Photography

Persona Non Grata

2003

Director of Photography

Comandante

2003

Director of Photography

25th Hour

2002

Director of Photography

8 Mile

2002

Director of Photography

Frida

2002

Director of Photography

Ten Tiny Love Stories

2002

Director of Photography

Original Sin

2001

Director of Photography

Amores Perros

2000

Director of Photography

Under a Spell

1999

Director of Photography

Optical Fibre

1998

Director of Photography

All of Them Witches

1996

Director of Photography

Oedipus Mayor

1996

Director of Photography

Fuera de este mundo

1994

Director of Photography

Perfume, efecto inmediato

1994

Director of Photography

Dama de Noche

1993

Director of Photography

El Asesino del Zodiaco

1993

Director of Photography

Lost Objects

1992

Director of Photography

Paty chula

1991

Director of Photography

Rodrigo Prieto

Actor

Documentaries

Directing

Production

Writing

Camera

Crew