Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern is a Mexican cinematographer.
14 Facts About Emmanuel Lubezki
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Emmanuel Lubezki sometimes goes by the nickname Chivo, which means "goat" in Spanish.
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Emmanuel Lubezki is known for groundbreaking uses of natural lighting and continuous uninterrupted shots in cinematography, often utilizing a Steadicam, a 3-axis gimbal, or hand-held camera to orchestrate fluid, uninterrupted camera movements during particularly significant scenes.
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Emmanuel Lubezki is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers.
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Emmanuel Lubezki's work has been praised by audiences and critics alike, which earned him multiple awards, including eight Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography.
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Emmanuel Lubezki won in this category three times, becoming the first person to do so in three consecutive years, for Gravity, Birdman, and The Revenant.
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Emmanuel Lubezki was born to a Jewish family in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Emmanuel Lubezki studied film at Mexico's Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematograficos, where he met Alfonso Cuaron.
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Emmanuel Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s.
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Emmanuel Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron.
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Emmanuel Lubezki won his first Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Cuaron's Gravity, a thriller set in outer space.
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Emmanuel Lubezki won his second Academy Award for Best Cinematography in the following year for his work on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman.
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Emmanuel Lubezki won the award again in 2015 for Inarritu's The Revenant, becoming a milestone for his third consecutive win and for being the first cinematographer to do so.
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Emmanuel Lubezki won the Royal Photographic Society Lumiere Award for major achievement in cinematography, video or animation in 2016.