Rodrigo Prieto

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Prieto at TIFF in 2024
Born
Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh

(1965-11-23) November 23, 1965 (age 59)
Mexico City, Mexico
Alma materCentro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active1988–present
Organization(s)Mexican Society of Cinematographers
American Society of Cinematographers
SpouseMónica
Children2

Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer and film director.

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He has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other prominent 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 four Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

Early life and education

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, where 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.

Career

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Prieto at SBIFF in 2024

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 on his films The Wolf of Wall Street , Silence , The Irishman , [3] [4] and Killers of the Flower Moon . [5] He garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography for the latter three. 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]

In October 2023, Prieto served as a juror at the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacán, Mexico. [9]

Personal life

Prieto resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica and they have two daughters. [10]

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1991El jugadorJoaquín Bissner
Ratas nocturnasJon Michael Bishof
1993Dama de nocheEva López Sánchez
El asesino del zodiacoChristian González
1994Perfume, efecto inmediatoAlejandro Gamboa
1996 All of Them Witches Daniel Gruener
Oedipus Mayor Jorge Alí Triana
1998 Fibra Óptica Francisco Athié
Un embrujo Carlos Carrera
2000 Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu
Ricky 6 Peter Filardi
2001 Original Sin Michael Cristofer
2002 Ten Tiny Love Stories Rodrigo García
Frida Julie Taymor
8 Mile Curtis Hanson
25th Hour Spike Lee
2003 21 Grams Alejandro González Iñárritu
2004 Alexander Oliver Stone
2005 Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
2006 Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu
2007 Lust, Caution Ang Lee
2009 Broken Embraces Pedro Almodóvar
State of Play Kevin Macdonald
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu
2011 Water for Elephants Francis Lawrence
We Bought a Zoo Cameron Crowe
2012 Argo Ben Affleck
2013A Study in Gravity Michael Haussman
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
2014 The Homesman Tommy Lee Jones
2016 Silence Martin Scorsese
Passengers Morten Tyldum
2019 The Irishman Martin Scorsese
2020 The Glorias Julie Taymor
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Barbie Greta Gerwig
2024 Pedro Páramo HimselfWith Nico Aguilar

Television

Documentary series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2003–2004 America Undercover Oliver Stone Segments Persona Non Grata [a] and Looking for Fidel [b]
2017 The Putin Interviews Miniseries [c]
  1. Shared credit with Serguei Saldívar Tanaka
  2. Shared credit with Carlos Marcovich
  3. Shared credit with Anthony Dod Mantle

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2015What Lives Inside Robert Stromberg 1 episode
2016 Vinyl Martin Scorsese Episode "Pilot"

Music video

YearTitleArtistDirector
2012"Blue Jeans" Lana Del Rey Yoann Lemoine
2020"The Man" Taylor Swift
"Cardigan"
"Willow"
2024"Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone)

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

YearTitleCategoryResult
2006 Brokeback Mountain Best Cinematography Nominated
2017 SilenceNominated
2020 The IrishmanNominated
2024 Killers of the Flower MoonNominated

BAFTA Awards

YearTitleCategoryResult
2006 Brokeback Mountain Best Cinematography Nominated
2007 BabelNominated
2020 The IrishmanNominated
2024 Killers of the Flower MoonNominated

American Society of Cinematographers Awards

YearTitleCategoryResult
2003 Frida Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated
2006 Brokeback MountainNominated
2017 SilenceNominated
2020 The IrishmanNominated
2024 Killers of the Flower MoonNominated

Camerimage

YearTitleCategoryResult
2000Amores PerrosGolden FrogWon
2004AlexanderNominated
Silver FrogWon
2006BabelMain Competition Golden FrogNominated
2007Lust, CautionNominated
2012ArgoNominated
Lana Del Rey: Blue Jeans Best Cinematography in a Music VideoNominated
2016VinylJury Award Best PilotNominated
2020The IrishmanMain Competition Golden FrogNominated
2024 Fortnight Best Cinematography in a Music VideoWon

Other awards

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
1996 Ariel Awards Best CinematographyAll of Them WitchesWon
1999Fibra ÓpticaNominated
Best CinematographyUn embrujoWon
San Sebastián International Film FestivalJury Prize for Best CinematographyWon
2001 Ariel Awards Best CinematographyAmores perrosWon
2003 Chlotrudis Awards Best Cinematography21 GramsNominated
2005Circuit Community AwardsBest CinematographyBrokeback MountainNominated
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Best CinematographyRunner-up
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Won
2005 Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best CinematographyWon
2005 Florida Film Critics Circle Best Cinematography Won
2005International Cinephile Society AwardsBest CinematographyRunner-up Tied
2005International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)Best CinematographyNominated
2005North Texas Film Critics AssociationBest CinematographyWon
2005Online Film & Television AssociationBest CinematographyWon
2005 Online Film Critics Society Award Best Cinematography Won
2005Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest CinematographyWon
2005 St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated
2006Circuit Community AwardsBest CinematographyBabelNominated
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated
2006 Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best CinematographyRunner-up Tied
2006International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)Best CinematographyNominated
2006 Online Film Critics Society Award Best Cinematography Nominated
2006 St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated
2008 Independent Spirit Awards Best CinematographyLust, CautionNominated
2007 Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best CinematographyNominated
2007International Cinematographers'
Film Festival Manaki Brothers
Golden Camera 300Won
2007 Venice Film Festival Golden Osella Best cinematographyWon
2009 Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain Best CinematographyBroken EmbracesNominated
2010 Ariel Awards Best CinematographyBiutifulWon
2010 Goya Awards Best CinematographyNominated
2010CinEuphoria AwardsBest CinematographyNominated
2012Tribeca Film FestivalJury Award Best CinematographyLikenessNominated
2016Circuit Community AwardsBest CinematographySilenceNominated
2016 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated
2016 Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best CinematographyRunner-up
2016 Georgia Film Critics Association Best CinematographyNominated
2016International Cinephile Society AwardsBest CinematographyRunner-up
2016International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)Best CinematographyNominated
2016 National Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography Nominated
2016Online Film & Television AssociationBest CinematographyNominated
2016Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest CinematographyNominated
2016 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Best CinematographyNominated
2019 Critics' Choice Awards Best Cinematography The IrishmanNominated
2019Dublin Film Critics' CircleBest Cinematography6th Place
2019 Houston Film Critics Society Best Cinematography Nominated
2019Latino Entertainment Journalists
Association Film Awards
Best CinematographyNominated
2019North Texas Film Critics AssociationBest CinematographyNominated
2019 Online Film Critics Society Award Best Cinematography Nominated
2019Phoenix Critics CircleBest CinematographyNominated
2019 San Diego Film Critics Society Best CinematographyNominated
2019 Satellite Awards Best Cinematography Nominated
2019 St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated
2019 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated
2021 Vilcek Foundation Vilcek Prize in FilmmakingWon

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