Alex Phillips

Age: N/A | From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

TV
Involvement

115

Movie
Involvement

Person Details

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Aliases: Alex Phillips Sr. , Alec Phillips , Alex Philips , Alexander Pelepiock

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 115

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

Alex Phillips (January 11, 1901 Renfrew, Ontario – June 14, 1977) was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer. In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor. He auditioned with Fox and Paramount Pictures but was unable to obtain a role. He later approached Christie Comedies where he was advised to look for more stable positions in the movie industry and started his career in cinematography and film editing. He received an opportunity when an assistant fell sick and was able to travel to France with the Canadian Official Photography. After Christie Comedies went bankrupt, he was hired by Samuel Goldwyn while he attended evening classes. He received the opportunity of working with Barnes, Edison and Meyer, and learned techniques such as graduations, tridimensional vision and the sense of potential balance. Phillips then began experimenting with lights and camera movements. He moved to Mexico in 1931 and worked with directors such as Arcady Boytler, Roberto Gavaldón, Julio Bracho and Luis Buñuel. He worked on some of the earliest Mexican movies such as the silent film Santa (1931) where his worked was considered expressionist. He worked in more than 250 movies in Mexico and 150 in the United States including La mujer del puerto (1934), Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (1952 with Luis Buñuel), La Red (1953 with Emilio Fernández). His last film was El castillo de la pureza (1972 with Arturo Ripstein).

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1969	N/A	Andante 1969-10-09 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1992	Cinematography	Lucky Break 1992-01-01 Movie
1983	Cinematography	Dos de abajo 1983-11-03 Movie
1969	Cinematography	Andante 1969-10-09 Movie
1949	Cinematography	El dolor de los hijos 1949-05-13 Movie
1945	Cinematography	The White Monk 1945-10-06 Movie
1944	Cinematography	Miguel Strogoff 1944-01-01 Movie
1937	Cinematography	Nobody's Wife 1937-10-26 Movie
1924	Cinematography	Away We Go 1924-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1975	Director of Photography	The Birthday of the Dog 1975-09-10 Movie
1973	Director of Photography	Castle of Purity 1973-05-10 Movie
1972	Director of Photography	The Night of a Thousand Cats 1972-11-01 Movie
1971	Director of Photography	The Moderate Doctor 1971-08-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dead Aim 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Director of Photography	Remolino de pasiones 1970-04-30 Movie
1969	Director of Photography	Memories of the Future 1969-06-25 Movie
1968	Director of Photography	Despedida de casada 1968-04-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	There are not Crosses in the Sea 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Director of Photography	La guerrillera de Villa 1967-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Damiana and the Men 1967-10-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	La soldadera 1967-08-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Estrategia matrimonio 1967-03-23 Movie
1966	Director of Photography	Alazán y enamorado 1966-09-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Juan Colorado 1966-08-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Time to Die 1966-08-11 Movie
1965	Director of Photography	Black Wind 1965-12-23 Movie
1963	Director of Photography	Of Love and Desire 1963-09-11 Movie
1962	Director of Photography	Little Town 1962-08-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Shame of the Sabine Women 1962-07-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Geronimo 1962-04-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	La rabia por dentro 1962-01-01 Movie
1961	Director of Photography	Rumbo a Brasilia 1961-10-19 Movie
1960	Director of Photography	For the Love of Mike 1960-08-28 Movie
1959	Director of Photography	The Wonderful Country 1959-10-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Little Red Riding Hood 1959-05-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sube y baja 1959-01-01 Movie
1958	Director of Photography	Ten Days To Tulara 1958-10-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	La odalisca No. 13 1958-10-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Villa!! 1958-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Music of Always 1958-07-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Last of the Fast Guns 1958-07-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sierra Baron 1958-07-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	El diario de mi madre 1958-05-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	School for Buglars 1958-05-09 Movie
1957	Director of Photography	Tizoc 1957-10-23 Movie
1956	Director of Photography	Adam and Eve 1956-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Playa prohibida 1956-04-19 Movie
1955	Director of Photography	María la Voz 1955-04-16 Movie
1954	Director of Photography	Untouched 1954-12-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Robinson Crusoe 1954-08-05 Movie
1953	Director of Photography	The Proud and the Beautiful 1953-11-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Reportaje 1953-11-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Net 1953-06-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Adventure in Rio 1953-05-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mujeres que trabajan 1953-04-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Quiero vivir 1953-01-28 Movie
1952	Director of Photography	Forgotten Faces 1952-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mexican Bus Ride 1952-06-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Absentee 1952-05-07 Movie
1951	Director of Photography	Stolen Heaven 1951-10-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sensuality 1951-07-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	In the Palm of Your Hand 1951-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mujeres sacrificadas 1951-05-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Desired 1951-04-04 Movie
1950	Director of Photography	My Dear Captain 1950-12-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Adventuress 1950-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Perdida 1950-06-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Love Nest 1950-02-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Devil Is a Woman 1950-01-28 Movie
1949	Director of Photography	Coqueta 1949-07-22 Movie
1948	Director of Photography	Revancha 1948-09-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cortesana 1948-05-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	May God Forgive Me 1948-03-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	La bien pagada 1948-02-20 Movie
1947	Director of Photography	The Kneeling Goddess 1947-08-13 Movie
1946	Director of Photography	The Other One 1946-11-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala 1946-10-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Pepita Jimenez 1946-02-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	La mujer de todos 1946-01-11 Movie
1945	Director of Photography	Tuya en cuerpo y alma 1945-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Twilight 1945-04-13 Movie
1944	Director of Photography	Amok 1944-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gran Hotel 1944-08-14 Movie
1943	Director of Photography	Doña Bárbara 1943-09-16 Movie
1941	Director of Photography	Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up! 1941-11-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	El secreto del sacerdote 1941-01-22 Movie
1940	Director of Photography	Hombre o demonio 1940-10-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Madre a la fuerza 1940-08-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Viviré otra vez 1940-04-26 Movie
1939	Director of Photography	The Mad Empress 1939-12-16 Movie
1938	Director of Photography	La golondrina 1938-06-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	La zandunga 1938-03-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Ojos tapatios 1938-02-10 Movie
1937	Director of Photography	La paloma 1937-08-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Ave sin rumbo 1937-06-24 Movie
1936	Director of Photography	The Macabre Trunk 1936-09-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Celos 1936-01-23 Movie
1935	Director of Photography	The Dressel Family 1935-07-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Luponini (El terror de Chicago) 1935-01-02 Movie
1934	Director of Photography	Cruz Diablo 1934-11-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Juarez and Maximilian 1934-06-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Woman of the Port 1934-02-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Enemigos 1934-01-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Soulless Women 1934-01-01 Movie
1933	Director of Photography	El tigre de Yautepec 1933-12-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Shadow of Pancho Villa 1933-02-08 Movie
1932	Director of Photography	Hand to Hand 1932-12-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Eagles Across the Sun 1932-05-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Santa 1932-03-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Una vida por otra 1932-02-10 Movie
1926	Director of Photography	The Nervous Wreck 1926-10-09 Movie
1924	Director of Photography	Grandpa's Girl 1924-06-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hold Your Breath 1924-05-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Ride 'Em Cowboy 1924-01-13 Movie
1923	Director of Photography	A Perfect 36 1923-11-18 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv