Rodrigo Prieto

Rodrigo Prieto
Rodrigo Prieto
Born	Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh; November 23, 1965 (age 55); Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1988-present
Organization	Mexican Society of Cinematographers; American Society of Cinematographers
Spouse(s)	Monica
Children	2

Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC, (born November 23, 1965) is a Mexican cinematographer. He has been closely associated as cinematographer for Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including three Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominations for Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2006) and Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019).

Life and career[]

Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, , 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. Prieto's father studied aeronautical engineering at New York University, where he met and married Prieto's mother, an artist. Rodrigo Prieto graduated from Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. Prieto became an established cinematographer, working with such names as Spike Lee (25th Hour), Curtis Hanson (8 Mile), Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Lust, Caution) and Pedro Almodóvar (Broken Embraces). Nonetheless, his political legacy still has a visible effect on his career. In 2002, Prieto shot Frida, a film about Frida Kahlo, a communist Mexican artist. In 2003, Prieto cooperated with Oliver Stone in two documentary projects: Comandante, about Fidel Castro, and Persona Non Grata, about Yasser Arafat. In 2004, Prieto shot Alexander for Stone. Prieto also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros, 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful.

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. Prieto also is interested in evoking naturalism, most evident in The Homesman and Brokeback Mountain.^[1]^[2] Prieto not only shot Brokeback Mountain, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, but appeared in a cameo role within the film as a Mexican gigolo whom Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack Twist, meets.

Prieto has formed an artistic collaboration with Martin Scorsese; first on The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, for which he garnered his second Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, and most recently The Irishman, released in November 2019.^[3]^[4] In December 2019, Prieto announced he would be involved with Scorsese's upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon.^[5] He served as cinematographer for the music videos for the three Taylor Swift 2020 singles, "The Man", which references one of his previous films, The Wolf of Wall Street, "Cardigan" and "Willow".^[6]

Prieto is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking, awarded by the Vilcek Foundation.^[7]^[8]

Personal life[]

Prieto resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica and they have two daughters: Maria Fernanda and Ximena.^[9]

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Director
1996	All of Them Witches	Daniel Gruener
1996	Oedipus Mayor	Jorge Alí Triana
1998	Fibra Óptica	Francisco Athié
2000	Ricky 6	Peter Filardi
2000	Amores perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2001	Ten Tiny Love Stories	Rodrigo García
2001	Original Sin	Michael Cristofer
2002	25th Hour	Spike Lee
	8 Mile	Curtis Hanson
	Frida	Julie Taymor
2003	Persona Non Grata	Oliver Stone
	21 Grams	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Comandante	Oliver Stone
2004	Alexander	Oliver Stone
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee
2006	Babel	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2007	Lust, Caution	Ang Lee
2009	Broken Embraces	Pedro Almodóvar
2009	State of Play	Kevin Macdonald
2010	Biutiful	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Oliver Stone
2011	We Bought a Zoo	Cameron Crowe
2011	Water for Elephants	Francis Lawrence
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Martin Scorsese
2014	The Homesman	Tommy Lee Jones
2016	Passengers	Morten Tyldum
2016	Silence	Martin Scorsese
2019	The Irishman	Martin Scorsese
2020	The Glorias	Julie Taymor
TBA	Killers of the Flower Moon	Martin Scorsese

Awards and nominations[]

Academy Awards[]

Year	Film	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2017	Silence		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated

BAFTA Awards[]

Year	Film	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2007	Babel		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers Awards[]

Year	Film	Category	Result
2003	Frida	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	Nominated
2006	Brokeback Mountain		Nominated
2017	Silence		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated

Other awards[]

Ariel Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
1996	All of Them Witches	Best Cinematography	Won
	Fibra Óptica		Nominated
	Un embrujo		Won
	Amores perros		Won
	Biutiful		Won

Circuit Community Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2006	Babel		Nominated
2016	Silence		Nominated

Boston Society of Film Critics

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Runner-up

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2020	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Camerimage

Year	Film	Category	Result
2000	Amores Perros	Golden Frog	Won
2004	Alexander	Golden Frog	Nominated
2004	Alexander	Silver Frog	Won
2006	Babel	Main Competition Golden Frog	Nominated
2007	Lust, Caution		Nominated
2012	Argo		Nominated
2012	Lana Del Rey: Blue Jeans	Best Cinematography in a Music Video	Nominated
2016	Vinyl	Jury Award Best Pilot	Nominated
2020	The Irishman	Main Competition Golden Frog	Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won
2006	Babel		Nominated
2016	Silence		Nominated

Chlotrudis Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2004	21 Grams	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

Year	Film	Category	Result
2010	Broken Embraces	Best Cinematography	Nominated

CinEuphoria Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2012	Biutiful	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won
2006	Babel		Runner-up Tied
2016	Silence		Runner-up

Dublin Film Critics' Circle

Year	Film	Category	Result
2019	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	6th Place

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2008	Lust, Caution	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won

Georgia Film Critics Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2017	Silence	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2007	Lust, Caution	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Goya Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2011	Biutiful	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Houston Film Critics Society

Year	Film	Category	Result
2020	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers

Year	Film	Category	Result
2008	Lust, Caution	Golden Camera 300	Won

International Cinephile Society Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Runner-up Tied
2017	Silence	Best Cinematography	Runner-up

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

Year	Film	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2007	Babel		Nominated
2017	Silence		Nominated

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2020	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

National Society of Film Critics

Year	Film	Category	Result
2017	Silence	Best Cinematography	Nominated

North Texas Film Critics Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2016	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won
2019	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Online Film & Television Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won
2017	Silence	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Online Film Critics Society Award

Year	Film	Category	Result
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won
2007	Babel		Nominated
2020	The Irishman		Nominated

Phoenix Critics Circle

Year	Film	Category	Result
2019	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Won
2016	Silence	Best Cinematography	Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

Year	Film	Category	Result
2019	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

Year	Film	Category	Result
2016	Silence	Best Cinematography	Nominated

San Sebastián International Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Result
1998	Un embrujo	Jury Prize for Best Cinematography	Won

Satellite Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result
2019	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

St. Louis Film Critics Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2006	Babel		Nominated
2019	The Irishman		Nominated

Tribeca Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Result
2013	Likeness	Jury Award Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature	Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Result
2007	Lust, Caution	Golden Osella Best cinematography	Won

Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking

Year	Award	Result
2021	Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking	Won

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Year	Film	Category	Result
2019	The Irishman	Best Cinematography	Nominated

References[]

^ Paula Bernstein (2014-10-24). "'The Homesman' DP Rodrigo Prieto on Working with Tommy Lee Jones and Reinventing The Western". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
^ "American Cinematographer: Alexander". Theasc.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
^ "Rodrigo Prieto: Master Cinematographer". Interview Magazine. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
^ "'Wolf Of Wall Street' Cinematographer Talks Filming Tricks for Buzzy Quaaludes Scenes". Hollywood Reporter. 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
^ "Scorsese, DiCaprio’s ‘Flower Moon’ Eyes March 2020 Start," by Zack Sharf. Dec 2, 2019, IndieWrie. [1]
^ Rosen, Christopher (July 31, 2020). "How Taylor Swift Directed a Music Video During the Coronavirus Pandemic". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
^ "Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Filmmakers". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ "Rodrigo Prieto". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ "Prieto ya filma con Russell Crowe". Vanguardia. January 21, 2008. Retrieved January 24, 2008.

External links[]

[1] Paula Bernstein (2014-10-24). "'The Homesman' DP Rodrigo Prieto on Working with Tommy Lee Jones and Reinventing The Western". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-04-25.

[2] "American Cinematographer: Alexander". Theasc.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.

[3] "Rodrigo Prieto: Master Cinematographer". Interview Magazine. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2020-01-16.

[4] "'Wolf Of Wall Street' Cinematographer Talks Filming Tricks for Buzzy Quaaludes Scenes". Hollywood Reporter. 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2017-04-25.

[5] "Scorsese, DiCaprio’s ‘Flower Moon’ Eyes March 2020 Start," by Zack Sharf. Dec 2, 2019, IndieWrie. [1]

[6] Rosen, Christopher (July 31, 2020). "How Taylor Swift Directed a Music Video During the Coronavirus Pandemic". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 1, 2020.

[7] "Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Filmmakers". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.

[8] "Rodrigo Prieto". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.

[9] "Prieto ya filma con Russell Crowe". Vanguardia. January 21, 2008. Retrieved January 24, 2008.

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