Alfredo Fraile
Alfredo Fraile Lallana (April 25, 1912, Madrid, Spain – May 21, 1994, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish cinematographer and film producer.
Also recorded as Alfredo Fraile Lallana
Alfredo Fraile
- Name
- Alfredo Fraile Lallana
- Born
- April 25, 1912
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Died
- March 12, 1994 (aged)
- Occupation
- Cinematographer and producer
- Spouse
- María Josefa Laméyer Pascual
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- film · acting · film production · film direction
- Languages
- Spanish
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• Name — Alfredo Fraile Lallana • Birth Name — Alfredo Fraile Lallana • Born — April 25, 1912 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Died — March 12, 1994 (aged) • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Occupation — Cinematographer and producer • Spouse — María Josefa Laméyer Pascual • Children — 8 • Years Active — 1942–1982
Biography
Biography
Alfredo Fraile was best known in the film industry for his role as a producer, although he started his career in cinema as a cinematographer. He began his work in cinema as a camera operator, which was the term used for cinematographers at that time. In 1942, guided by his friend Rafael Gil, he made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Traces of Light. He married María Josefa Laméyer Pascual (1919–2015), with whom he had eight children. Alfredo Fraile died in May 1994 at the age of 82 in his hometown of Madrid.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Follow the Legion (1942) • Traces of Light (1943) • Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943) • The Nail (1944) • The Prodigal Woman (1946) • The Faith (1947) • The Princess of the Ursines (1947) • Don Quixote (1947) • The Sunless Street (1948) • Mare Nostrum (1948) • Peace (1949) • The Lioness of Castille (1951) • Dawn of America (1951) • I Was a Parish Priest (1953) • Judas' Kiss (1954) • Malvaloca (1954) • The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955) • Death of a Cyclist (1955) • Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) • La vida alrededor (1959) • At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon (1961)
Awards
• CEC Awards • Year — Category — Film — Result • 1945 — Best Cinematography — Collective work • 1946 — Best Cinematography — The Prodigal Woman • 1955 — Best Cinematography — Death of a Cyclist
Literature
• Making Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography. Aurum. 2003.
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- 1.ABC MADRID 24-05-1994 página 106 - Archivo ABC. abc. 2019-08-27.
- 2.SensaCine. Filmografía Alfredo Fraile. SensaCine.com.
- 3.González, David. Alfredo Fraile: El hombre detrás del éxito de Julio Iglesias que. elcierredigital.com. 2021-03-13.
- 4.ABC MADRID 25-05-1994 página 94 - Archivo ABC. abc. 2019-08-27.
- 5.Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 1945. cinecec.com.
- 6.Falquina, Angel. Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, 1945-1975: treinta años de cine. Imp. del M.I.T. 91. 1975. 978-84-500-6968-6.
- 7.Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1955. cinecec.com.
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