Affonso Beato

Affonso Beato
Born
Affonso Henrique Beato

(1941-07-13) July 13, 1941 (age 83)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupationcinematographer

Affonso Henrique Beato (born July 13, 1941) is a Brazilian cinematographer. He has served as the President of the Brazilian Society of Cinematographers, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He is also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. In 2017, he became a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[1]

Beato was born in Rio de Janeiro. He started his cinematic career during the 1960s, gaining international recognition with his work on Glauber Rocha's Antonio das Mortes (1969).

From the 1970s, he started an international career, notably collaborating with directors Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire! ) and Pedro Almodóvar (The Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh and All About My Mother). In 2004, he was the Director of Photography on fellow Brazilian Walter Salles's first Hollywood effort Dark Water. Other notable credits include Ghost World, The Queen, Love In The Time Of Cholera, and Nights in Rodanthe.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Notes
1967 Cara a Cara Júlio Bressane
1968 Viagem ao Fim do Mundo Fernando Coni Campos With Oswaldo de Oliveira, José Medeiros and Cliton Villela
The Brave Warrior Gustavo Dahl
Copacabana Me Engana Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
1969 Antonio das Mortes Glauber Rocha
Máscara da Traição Roberto Pires With Pompilho Tostes
1970 Pindorama Arnaldo Jabor
Le maître du temps Jean-Daniel Pollet With Jean Collomb
1971 O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil Antônio Calmon
1973 The Promised Land Miguel Littín
1974 Hot Times Jim McBride
1978 The Boss' Son Bobby Roth
1981 Circle of Power
Documenteur Agnès Varda With Nurith Aviv and Bob Carr
1983 Los dos Mundos de Angelita Jane Morrison
1984 Para Viver Um Grande Amor Miguel Faria Jr.
1985 Happily Ever After Bruno Barreto
Tropclip Luiz Fernando Goulart
1986 The Big Easy Jim McBride
1989 Great Balls of Fire!
1990 Enid Is Sleeping Maurice Phillips
1993 The Wrong Man Jim McBride
1994 Uncovered
Mil e Uma Suzana de Moraes
1995 The Flower of My Secret Pedro Almodóvar With Alfredo Mayo
1996 Five Days, Five Nights José Fonseca e Costa
1997 The Informant Jim McBride Golden Osella, Best Cinematography
Live Flesh Pedro Almodóvar
1998 Traição José Henrique Fonseca
Arthur Fontes
Cláudio Torres 		With Breno Silveira
1999 All About My Mother Pedro Almodóvar Goya Award, Best Cinematography
Orfeu Carlos Diegues
2000 Price of Glory Carlos Ávila
2001 Ghost World Terry Zwigoff
2003 Dot the I Matthew Parkhill
God Is Brazilian Carlos Diegues
View from the Top Bruno Barreto
The Fighting Temptations Jonathan Lynn
2005 Dark Water Walter Salles
2006 The Queen Stephen Frears
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera Mike Newell
2008 Nights in Rodanthe George C. Wolfe
2013 Time and the Wind Jayme Monjardim Grand Premio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Cinematography

Television

Year Title Director Notes
1992 Minuto da Bossa Walter Salles TV special
2009 Maysa: Quando Fala o Coração Jayme Monjardim Miniseries
2011 Roberto Carlos Especial Episode "Emoções em Jerusalém"

TV movies

Year Title Director
1971 Supergirl Rudolf Thome
1991 Blood Ties Jim McBride
Marisa Monte: Mais Lula Buarque de Hollanda
Arthur Fontes
1997 Pronto Jim McBride
Dead by Midnight
2004 Plainsong Richard Pearce
2011 Cinema Verite Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Documentary works

Film

Year Title Director Notes
1972 Herança do Nordeste Sérgio Muniz
Geraldo Sarno
Paulo Gil Soares 		With Lauro Escorel and Thomaz Farkas
1977 Destino manifiesto José García
1979 Terra dos Índios Zelito Viana With Lúcio Kodato, Luiz Carlos Saldanha and Ricardo Stein
1982 Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey Gene Rosow With Armand Marco and Jeri Sopanen
2001 Adriana Calcanhoto - Público Suzana de Moraes
Jodele Lacher 		Video Documentary

Short films

Year Title Director Notes
1965 O Circo Arnaldo Jabor
1966 Heitor dos Prazeres Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Lima Barreto - Trajetória Júlio Bressane
1968 Memórias do Cangaço Paulo Gil Soares Segment of Brasil Verdade
Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
1977 Simplesmente Jenny Helena Solberg
The Girl with the Incredible Feeling Linda Feferman
1993 Bossa Nova Music & Reminiscenses Walter Salles

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
1966 Les carnets Brésiliens Pierre Kast
1992 João & Antônio Walter Salles With Breno Silveira

Actor

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Supergirl Man from another planet TV movie
1993 The Wrong Man Smuggler

References

  1. ^ "Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others Invited to Join Academy of Motion Pictures". Remezcla. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  2. ^ "Cinema Paradiso: Cinematographer and Film Faculty Affonso Beato Brings his Passion for Collaboration into the Classroom". ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved 2017-11-05.