Guillermo Navarro
Guillermo Navarro ( born 1950 in Mexico City) is a Mexican cinematographer.
Life
Guillermo Navarro was born in 1950 in Mexico City, where he grew up and a sociology degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México began. At age 13, he turned to photography and appeared later as a photographer among other things, for the covers of music albums responsible and also worked in the fashion industry. Through a mediated contract of his sister, who worked as a film producer, Navarro took a liking to the work as a cameraman. After a year of work experience as a camera assistant, but he had problems in the domestic film industry to gain a foothold and he worked in the early 1970s mainly in the production of documentaries which he oversaw as a director. The professional success came only after the move to Europe, where he Argentinian cinematographer Ricardo Aronovich met in Paris, where he found his mentor.
Mid-1980s, Navarro returned to Mexico, where he started from now on as a cameraman on feature film productions participate. In 1992 he made the acquaintance with director Guillermo del Toro, who signed him for his horror film Cronos, for which the cinematographer was a year later honored at the Film Festival of Cannes. A year later came the first exposure to Hollywood. 1995 Navarro was responsible for the images of Robert Rodriguez's hit action - thriller Desperado, the second part of the El Mariachi trilogy of American director. Both Del Toro and Rodriguez worked repeatedly with the Mexicans. The biggest success came in 2006 with Guillermo del Toro Pan's Labyrinth. The fantasy drama, which in Spain plays after the civil war in 1944, was granted success with critics and audiences and brought Navarro at the Oscar ceremony 2007 victory in the category of Best Cinematography, where he against his favored countryman Emmanuel Lubezki ( Children of Men ) triumphed.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
Ariel
- 2007: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
British Academy Film Award
- 2007: nominated for Best Cinematography for Pan's Labyrinth
Oscar
- 2007: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
More
Boston Society of Film Critics Award
- 2006: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
CamerImage
- 2006: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
Premios del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
- 2007: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
Florida Film Critics Circle Award
- 2006: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
Goya
- 2007: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
Independent Spirit Award
- 2007: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- 2006: Best Camera for Pan's Labyrinth
Online Film Critics Society Award
- 2007: nominated for Best Cinematography for Pan's Labyrinth