Luis Cuadrado

Luis Cuadrado Encinar (8 July 1934 – 18 January 1980) was a Spanish cinematographer. He became especially known for his work on the 1973 film The Spirit of the Beehive.

Early life and education Luis Cuadrado Encinar was born on 8 July 1934 in the town of Toro, in the province of Zamora in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain. His father, Santos Cuadrado, was a master glassmaker, who worked on the restoration of many cathedrals damaged in the Spanish Civil War. Luis initially tried glassmaking, but then switched to studying medicine, which he gave up after two years.

He spent seven years at the (EOC), voluntarily repeating some of the courses in order to learn lighting techniques of certain masters, as well as gain experience in the Spanish film industry. By the time of his departure from the school in 1963, he had worked in several films, including Los golfos (1959), by Carlos Saura, and El cochecito (1960), by Marco Ferreri. providing an essential contribution which many critics have attributed to its success.

Due to an inoperable brain tumour,

Death Cuadrado became very depressed, and when the pain of the tumour became too much to bear, he committed suicide on 18 January 1980, in Madrid.

Selected filmography La Caza (directed by Carlos Saura, 1965) Peppermint Frappé (Carlos Saura, 1967) Mañana será otro día (Jaime Camino, 1967) Urtain, el rey de la selva... o así (1969) Cut-Throats Nine (1970) Sonny and Jed (1972) Yankee Dudler (1973) The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973) The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975) Furtivos (José Luis Borau, 1975) Pascual Duarte (Ricardo Franco, 1976) Emilia, parada y fonda (Angelino Fons, 1976)