About Néstor Almendros
Néstor Almendros Cuyás, ASC (30 October 1930 – 4 March 1992) was a Spanish cinematographer. He was one of the most highly appraised contemporary cinematographers, having a working collaboration with filmmakers François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Robert Benton, while winning an Oscar for Best Cinematography for Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven. == Early life == Almendros was born in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of 18, he moved to Cuba to join his exiled anti-Francisco Franco father. While staying in Havana, he wrote film reviews. Almendros then went on to study film in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He directed six shorts in Cuba and two in New York City. == Career == === Early career === After the Cuban Revolution ended in 1959, Almendros returned to Spain and made several documentaries about the Castro regime. But after two of his shorts (Gente en la playa and La tumba francesa) were banned, he moved to Paris. === French New Wave === Almemdros became the favorite collaborator of French New Wave director Éric Rohmer.
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