Life and career

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 documentary projects: 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.

Prieto not only shot Brokeback Mountain, for which he garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, but appeared in a cameo role within the film as a Mexican gigolo whom Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack Twist, meets.

He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica and daughters Maria Fernanda and Ximena.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Other notes
2016	Silence	Martin Scorsese
	Passengers	Morten Tyldum
2014	The Homesman	Tommy Lee Jones
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Martin Scorsese
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck
2011	We Bought a Zoo	Cameron Crowe
	Water for Elephants	Francis Lawrence
2010	Biutiful	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Oliver Stone
2009	Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)	Pedro Almodóvar
	State of Play	Kevin MacDonald
2007	Lust, Caution	Ang Lee	Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
2006	Babel	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2004	Alexander	Oliver Stone
2003	Persona Non Grata	Oliver Stone
	21 Grams	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Comandante	Oliver Stone
2002	25th Hour	Spike Lee
	8 Mile	Curtis Hanson
	Frida	Julie Taymor	Nominated - American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
2001	Ten Tiny Love Stories	Rodrigo García
	Original Sin	Michael Cristofer
2000	Ricky 6	Peter Filardi
	Amores Perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu
1998	Fibra Óptica (Optical Fiber)	Francisco Athié
	Un Embrujo (Under a Spell)	Carlos Carrera
1996	Sobrenatural (All of Them Witches)	Daniel Gruener
	Edipo Alcalde (Oedipus Mayor)	Jorge Alí Triana

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