Bangkok--Jan 4--Bangkok International Film Festival
ANIMATOR GABOR CSUPO, CINEMATOGRAPHER RODRIGO PIETRO AND FILMMAKER JOEL SCHUMACHER HONORED AT THE 2005 BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
RODRIGO PRIETO: The Crystal Lens Award
The 2005 Crystal Lens Award of the Bangkok International Film Festival will be presented to Rodrigo Prieto (ASC, AMC) on January 22, 2005, to honor his extraordinary achievement in cinematography.
Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in November 1965, and made his first short film at age 10 – a monster movie for a Halloween party. After working as an assistant to Nadine Markova, in still photography, which stimulated an awareness of lighting and composition that would carrythrough his 19 films as director of photography, Prieto entered film school and made his first feature at age 26. Among his many awards are an ASC nomination for Frida, Ariel Awards for Amores Perros, Un Embrujo and Sobrenatural, CamerImage’s Golden Frog for Amores Perros, and the Jury Prize for Best Cinematography at the San Sebastian Film Festival for Un Embrujo. He shot Oliver Stone’s "Alexander" in Thailand in 2004, and recently completed principal photography on Ang Lee’s "Brokeback Mountain". Prieto’s achievements will be discussed in a full day program at the Bangkok International Film Festival on January 20, 2005.
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