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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.
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.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Face to Face | Júlio Bressane | |
| 1968 | Voyage to the End of the World | Fernando Coni Campos | |
| The Brave Warrior | Gustavo Dahl | ||
| Copacabana Fools Me | Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | ||
| 1969 | Máscara da Traição | Roberto Pires | |
| Antonio das Mortes | Glauber Rocha | ||
| 1970 | Pindorama | Arnaldo Jabor | |
| Le maître du temps | Jean-Daniel Pollet | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1983 | Los dos Mundos de Angelita | Jane Morrison | |
| 1984 | Para Viver Um Grande Amor | Miguel Faria Jr. | |
| 1985 | Tropclip | Luiz Fernando Goulart | |
| Happily Ever After | Bruno Barreto | ||
| 1986 | The Big Easy | Jim McBride | |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | ||
| 1990 | Enid Is Sleeping | Maurice Phillips | |
| 1991 | Blood Ties | Jim McBride | |
| 1994 | Uncovered | ||
| Mil e Uma | Suzana de Moraes | ||
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Documentary films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | O Circo | Arnaldo Jabor | Documentary short |
| 1966 | Heitor dos Prazeres | Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | |
| Lima Barreto - Trajetória | Júlio Bressane | ||
| Les carnets Brésiliens | Pierre Kast | ||
| 1968 | Brasil Verdade | Paulo Gil Soares | segment "Memórias do Cangaço" |
| Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Documentary short | |
| 1972 | Herança do Nordeste | Sérgio Muniz Geraldo Sarno Paulo Gil Soares | |
| 1977 | Simplesmente Jenny | Helena Solberg | Documentary short |
| The Girl with the Incredible Feeling | Linda Feferman | ||
| Destino manifiesto | José García | ||
| 1979 | Land of Indians | Zelito Viana | |
| 1982 | Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey | Gene Rosow | |
| 1992 | João & Antônio | Walter Salles | Documentary short |
| 1993 | Bossa Nova Music & Reminiscenses | ||
| 2001 | Adriana Calcanhoto - Público | Suzana de Moraes Jodele Lacher | Video Documentary |
Television films
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen | Rudolf Thome |
| 1991 | Marisa Monte: Mais | Lula Buarque de Hollanda Arthur Fontes |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Jim McBride |
| 1997 | Pronto | |
| Dead by Midnight | ||
| 2004 | Plainsong | Richard Pearce |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini |
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen | Mann vom anderen Stern | TV movie |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Smuggler |