| Rodrigo Prieto | |
| Birth Name: | Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Alma Mater: | Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
| Organization: | Mexican Society of Cinematographers American Society of Cinematographers |
| Spouse: | Mónica |
| Children: | 2 |
Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer.
He has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other prominent directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, Jorge Prieto Laurens, was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los Angeles, where Prieto's father would spend most of his childhood. Prieto's father studied aeronautical engineering at New York University, where he met and married Prieto's mother, an artist. Rodrigo Prieto graduated from Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.
Prieto is noted for his unconventional use of the camera often combined with strong moody lighting. In 25th Hour, Prieto utilized overexposure and other techniques to create original dream-like images to signify that the events shown on screen are memories or visions. Similarly innovative photography could be spotted in Frida, featuring strong colors and sharp imagery blended with atmospheric yellows and browns, as well as his experimental use of infrared during a battle scene in Alexander. Prieto also is interested in evoking naturalism, most evident in The Homesman and Brokeback Mountain.[1] [2] Prieto not only shot Brokeback Mountain, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, but appeared in a cameo role within the film as a Mexican gigolo whom Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack Twist, meets.
Prieto has formed an artistic collaboration with Martin Scorsese on his films The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman,[3] [4] and Killers of the Flower Moon.[5] He garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography for the latter three. He served as cinematographer for the music videos for the three Taylor Swift 2020 singles, "The Man", which references one of his previous films The Wolf of Wall Street, "Cardigan" and "Willow".[6]
Prieto is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking, awarded by the Vilcek Foundation.[7] [8]
In October 2023, Prieto served as a juror at the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacán, Mexico.[9]
Prieto resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica and they have two daughters.[10]
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Semblante | |||
| 2018 | R&R |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Llueve otra vez | Bruno Bichir |
| 1990 | Luna de miel al cuarto menguante | Daniel Gruener |
| 1991 | No quiero discutir | Jorge Ramírez Suárez |
| Paty Chula | Francisco Murguía | |
| Amazona | Daniel Gruener | |
| 1992 | Objetos perdidos | Eva López Sánchez |
| Giovanni é morto | Silvana Zuanetti | |
| 1994 | Fuera de este mundo | Esteban Reyes |
| 2013 | Semblante | Himself |
| 2014 | Voce umana | Edoardo Ponti |
| 2015 | The Audition | Martin Scorsese |
| 2018 | R&R | Himself |
| TBA | Apparat | Sebastian Strasser |
| Step Inside the Circle | Fritzi Horstman |
Documentary series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | America Undercover | Oliver Stone | Segments Persona Non Grata and Looking for Fidel |
| 2017 | The Putin Interviews | Miniseries |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | What Lives Inside | Robert Stromberg | 1 episode | |
| 2016 | Vinyl | Martin Scorsese | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2012 | "Blue Jeans" | Lana Del Rey | Yoann Lemoine |
| 2020 | "The Man" | Taylor Swift | |
| "Cardigan" | |||
| "Willow" | |||
| 2024 | "Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone) | ||
Academy Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Brokeback Mountain | Best Cinematography | |
| 2017 | Silence | ||
| 2020 | The Irishman | ||
| 2024 | Killers of the Flower Moon | ||
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Brokeback Mountain | Best Cinematography | |
| 2007 | Babel | ||
| 2020 | The Irishman | ||
| 2024 | Killers of the Flower Moon | ||
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Frida | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | |
| 2006 | Brokeback Mountain | ||
| 2017 | Silence | ||
| 2020 | The Irishman | ||
| 2024 | Killers of the Flower Moon | ||
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Amores Perros | Golden Frog | |
| 2004 | Alexander | ||
| Silver Frog | |||
| 2006 | Babel | Main Competition Golden Frog | |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution | ||
| 2012 | Argo | ||
| Lana Del Rey: Blue Jeans | Best Cinematography in a Music Video | ||
| 2016 | Vinyl | Jury Award Best Pilot | |
| 2020 | The Irishman | Main Competition Golden Frog | |
Other awards
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ariel Awards | Best Cinematography | All of Them Witches | ||
| 1999 | Fibra Óptica | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Un embrujo | ||||
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | Jury Prize for Best Cinematography | ||||
| 2001 | Ariel Awards | Best Cinematography | Amores perros | ||
| 2003 | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Cinematography | 21 Grams | ||
| 2005 | Circuit Community Awards | Best Cinematography | Brokeback Mountain | ||
| 2005 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | Florida Film Critics Circle | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | North Texas Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | Online Film Critics Society Award | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2005 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2006 | Circuit Community Awards | Best Cinematography | Babel | ||
| 2006 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2006 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2006 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2006 | Online Film Critics Society Award | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2006 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2008 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Lust, Caution | ||
| 2007 | Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2007 | International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers | Golden Camera 300 | |||
| 2007 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Osella Best cinematography | |||
| 2009 | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Cinematography | Broken Embraces | ||
| 2010 | Ariel Awards | Best Cinematography | Biutiful | ||
| 2010 | Goya Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2010 | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2012 | Tribeca Film Festival | Jury Award Best Cinematography | Likeness | ||
| 2016 | Circuit Community Awards | Best Cinematography | Silence | ||
| 2016 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Cinematography | The Irishman | ||
| 2019 | Dublin Film Critics' Circle | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Houston Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | North Texas Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Online Film Critics Society Award | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Phoenix Critics Circle | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2019 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | |||
| 2021 | Vilcek Foundation | Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking | |||