About Boy Yñiguez
Boy Yñiguez was a Filipino cinematographer and photographer.
Roberto "Boy" Yñiguez is a Filipino cinematographer and photographer. He won the Gawad Urian Award for Best Cinematography in 2007 for the film The Bet Collector, as well as the Luna Award for Best Cinematography in 2018 for Ang Larawan.
Education Yñiguez graduated from the Development Academy of the Philippines.
Career In 1978, Yñiguez and writer Alfred A. Yuson designed the "Handumanan" yearbook of the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod at the invitation of future filmmaker Peque Gallaga.
By the early 1980s, Yñiguez served as a creative collaborator of filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik for documentary projects commissioned by West German television, among which was the 1981 short film Olympic Gold (later re-edited by Tahimik into the feature-length film Turumba in 1983).
As an artist, Yñiguez is based in Baguio.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Note(s) . 1972 Growth of a Village Boy Yñiguez Animated student short film 1981 Olympic Gold Kidlat Tahimik 45-minute installment of Vater Unser I Am Blushing Vilgot Sjöman as first assistant cameraman Tuhog Jeffrey Jeturian with Shayne Clemente and Sherman So 2003 1st Time Lyle Nemenzo Sacris with Neil Daza and Robert Quebral 2006 The Bet Collector Jeffrey Jeturian Original title: Kubrador 2010 Ang Balikbayan: Memories of Overdevelopment 1980–2010 Kidlat Tahimik Short filmShot from 1978 to 2010 I Do Veronica B. Velasco 2011 Bisperas Jeffrey Jeturian 2013 Puti Miguel "Mike" Alcazaren 2015 Tragic Theater Tikoy Aguiluz BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment, Redux III Kidlat Tahimik Shot from 1978 to 2015 Invisible Lawrence Fajardo Original title: Imbisibol 2017 I'm Drunk, I Love You JP Habac Kita Kita Sigrid Andrea Bernardo Last Night Joyce Bernal Ang Larawan Loy Arcenas 2018 Mr. & Mrs. Cruz Sigrid Andrea Bernardo 2019 Maledicto Mark Meily UnTrue Sigrid Andrea Bernardo 2020 Kintsugi Lawrence Fajardo 2021 My Amanda Alessandra De Rossi 2023 BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment, Redux VII Kidlat Tahimik Shot from 1978 to 2023 2024 Under Parallel Skies Sigrid Andrea Bernardo The Hearing Lawrence Fajardo 2025 I'mPerfect Sigrid Andrea Bernardo
Commercials Year Title Client Creative director Director Note(s) . 1988 "Pu-Yi" Knorr Chinese Soup Joy Cortez Boldy Tapales 1989 "Boom" San Miguel Beer Erwin Castillo 1999 "Parachute" Johnson's Floor Wax Irwin Castillo Jun Reyes 2016 "Finding Pia" BDO Joel Eudela Carlo Directo
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