EXCLUSIVE: Production begins this week on Néstor, a feature documentary about the life and legacy of the legendary Spanish cinematographer Néstor Almendros.
Almendros is one of the most important figures in Spanish and European film history. His credits as a DoP included big Hollywood titles such as Kramer vs. Kramer, The Blue Lagoon, and Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, for which Almendros was awarded the Best Cinematography Oscar in 1978. He was the first Spaniard to win an Oscar.
Almendros was also a longtime collaborator of European auteurs such as François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer, and Robert Benton.
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