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Emmanuel Lubezki

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Biography

Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern (Spanish pronunciation: [emaˈnwel luˈβeski]; born November 30, 1964) is a Mexican cinematographer. Lubezki uses natural lighting and continuous, uninterrupted shots in cinematography, often utilizing a Steadicam, a 3-axis gimbal, or a hand-held camera. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with Terrence Malick, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. He has received numerous accolades, including three consecutive wins for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the science fiction thriller Gravity (2013), the dark comedy Birdman (2014), and the epic western The Revenant (2015). He was Oscar-nominated for his work on A Little Princess (1995), Sleepy Hollow (1999), The New World (2005), Children of Men (2006), and The Tree of Life (2011). Lubezki is a member of the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Lubezki won the Royal Photographic Society Lumière Award for significant cinematography, video or animation achievement in 2016.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Digger

Director of Photography

Children of Men

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Y Tu Mamá También

Appears in a KinoChain journey

A Little Princess

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Tree of Life

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Sleepy Hollow

Director of Photography

The Cat in the Hat

Director of Photography

Burn After Reading

Director of Photography

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Camera Refuses to Look Away

An unbroken shot can be a stunt or a sermon. This chain follows the long take from Hitchcock's parlour trick to a one-take voyage through the Hermitage, asking...

8 films

Solar Cinema: From Dawn to Destruction

A curated journey through cinema's most radiant and ruthless suns, from the cosmic dawn of 2001 to the scorching end of Sunshine.

5 films

Five Essential Summer Films

A curated selection of films that capture summer's heat, languor, and menace, sidestepping the usual suspects for more surprising, evocative choices.

5 films

No Map. No Plan. Just Go

From American Honey to Nomadland, a journey through films where the open road promises freedom, and sometimes delivers it.

8 films

The Weight of the Cape: Inheriting a Legacy You Never Asked For

Before the multiverse had a use for her, Kara Zor-El's first outing wasn't framed as destiny, it was framed as a mistake to fix. She loses the Omegahedron, the...

8 films

When the World Catches Cold

From Contagion's clinical dread to the surreal end of days, a chain of films about outbreaks, science, and the fraying of society.

7 films

The Summer Was Never Going To Last

From the last sun-drenched days of July to the first rustle of October, this chain follows the slow turn of the season through films that understand the ache of...

7 films

What Lies Beneath the Surface of the World

From Tom Cruise's relentless deep-earth driller to Martian relics under the London Underground, this is a descent through cinema's fascination with what waits b...

10 films

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