Affonso Henrique Beato is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian cinematographer

Cinematographer

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

.

Beato was born in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

. 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

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 Jim McBride

Jim McBride

Jim McBride is an American television and film director, film producer and screenwriter.-Filmography:* David Holzman's Diary * My Girlfriend's Wedding...

 (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire!

Great Balls of Fire! (film)

Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran...

and others) and Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

 (The Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh and All About My Mother

All About My Mother

All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism....

). In 2004, he worked on fellow Brazilian Walter Salles

Walter Salles

Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.-Life and career:Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a...

's first Hollywood effort Dark Water

Dark Water (2005 film)

Dark Water is a 2005 American horror-thriller film directed by Walter Salles, starring Jennifer Connelly and Tim Roth. The film is a remake of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, and also stars John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ariel Gade...

.

Filmography

• 2008: Nights in Rodanthe
• 2007: Love in the Time of Cholera
  Love in the Time of Cholera (film)
  Love in the Time of Cholera is a 2007 film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez, it tells the story of a love triangle between Fermina Daza and her two suitors, Florentino Ariza and Doctor Juvenal Urbino which spans 50 years, from 1880 to...
  
  
• 2006: The Queen
  The Queen (film)
  The Queen is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II...
  
  
• 2005: Dark Water
  Dark Water (2005 film)
  Dark Water is a 2005 American horror-thriller film directed by Walter Salles, starring Jennifer Connelly and Tim Roth. The film is a remake of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, and also stars John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ariel Gade...
  
  
• 2004: Plainsong
• 2003: The Fighting Temptations
  The Fighting Temptations
  The Fighting Temptations is a 2003 American musical dramedy film produced by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films. It stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the film's protagonist as he attempts to revive a church choir in order to enter a gospel competition with the help of a beautiful lounge singer with whom he...
  
  
• 2003: Dot the I
  Dot the i
  dot the i is a 2003 psychological thriller starring Gael García Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, and James D'Arcy. It was written and directed by Matthew Parkhill.-Plot:...
  
  
• 2003: God Is Brazilian
  Deus é Brasileiro
  Deus é Brasileiro is a 2003 Brazilian comedy film directed and co-written by Carlos Diegues and based on a story by João Ubaldo Ribeiro...
  
  (Deus É Brasileiro)
• 2003: View from the Top
  View from the Top
  View from the Top is a 2003 romantic comedy film about a young woman from a small town who sets out to fulfill her dream of becoming a flight attendant...
  
  
• 2001: Ghost World
  Ghost World (film)
  Ghost World is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, based on the comic book of the same name and screenplay by Daniel Clowes...
  
  
• 2000: Price of Glory
  Price of Glory
  Price of Glory is a 2000 American sports drama film written by Phil Berger, directed by Carlos Avila and starring Jimmy Smits. The movie was nominated for several ALMA Awards in 2001. The film was shot in Huntington Park, California, Los Angeles, California, and Nogales, Arizona...
  
  
• 1999: Orfeu
  Orfeu
  Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian film by direct by Carlos Diegues based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes. It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. The film sets this legend in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. This film is also considered to be a much...
  
  
• 1998: All About My Mother
  All About My Mother
  All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism....
  
  (Todo sobre mi madre)
• 1998: Traição
• 1997: Dead by Midnight
• 1997: Live Flesh (Carne trémula)
• 1997: Pronto
• 1997: The Informant
  The Informant (1997 film)
  The Informant is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton. It was directed by Jim McBride and written by Nicholas Meyer based upon the book Field of Blood by Gerald Seymour.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1996: Five Days, Five Nights (Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites)
• 1995: The Flower of My Secret (La Flor de mi secreto)
• 1994: Uncovered
  Uncovered (film)
  Uncovered is a 1994 film based on Arturo Perez-Reverte's The Flanders Panel. It was directed by Jim McBride. The leading actress was Kate Beckinsale as the main character Julia.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1994: Mil e Uma
• 1993: The Wrong Man
  The Wrong Man (1993 film)
  The Wrong Man is a 1993 American thriller film directed by Jim McBride. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Rosanna Arquette - Missy Mills* Kevin Anderson - Alex Walker* John Lithgow - Phillip Mills...
  
  
• 1991: Blood Ties
  Blood Ties (film)
  Blood Ties is a made-for-television movie that was released in 1991. It is a story about a modern vampire family who hail from Carpathia. The family try to assimilate into American life in Long Beach, California, however, their lives are upset when a sinister group of hunters kill a member of their...
  
  
• 1990: Enid Is Sleeping
• 1989: Great Balls of Fire!
  Great Balls of Fire! (film)
  Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran...
  
  
• 1986: The Big Easy
• 1985: Tropclip
• 1985: Happily Ever After (Além da Paixão)
• 1984: To Live a Great Love (Para viver um grande amor)
• 1982: The Two Worlds of Angelita (Los Dos Mundos de Angelita)
• 1981: Oye Willie - PBS series
• 1981: Circle of Power
  Circle of Power
  Circle of Power is a 1983 film, co-produced by Gary Mehlman, Anthony Quinn and Jeffrey White, and based on the book The Pit: A Group Encounter Defiled...
  
  
• 1978: The Boss's Son
• 1975: Land of Indians (Terra dos Índios)
• 1974: Hot Times
• 1971: The Promised Land (La Tierra Prometida)
• 1971: Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen
• 1970: Pindorama
  Pindorama (film)
  Pindorama is a 1970 Brazilian drama film directed by Arnaldo Jabor. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maurício do Valle* Ítala Nandi* Jesus Pingo* Hugo Carvana* José De Freitas* Wilson Grey* Vinícius Salvatori* Tep Kahok...
  
  
• 1970: Le Maître du temps
• 1969: Máscara da Traição
• 1969: Antonio das Mortes
  O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro
  O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro is a 1969 Brazilian film directed by Glauber Rocha. This sequel to Black God, White Devil stars Othon Bastos, Odete Lara and Hugo Carvana...
  
  (O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro)
• 1969: The Brave Warrior (O Bravo Guerreiro)
• 1968: Copacabana Me Engana
• 1967: Cara a Cara

External links

• Official page