| Birth Date: | October 23, 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Seville, Spain |
| Death Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer and film director |
| Children: | 1 |
| Relatives: | Itzan Escamilla (grandson) |
Teodoro Escamilla Serrano (October 23, 1940, in Seville, Spain – December 21, 1997, in Matanzas, Cuba), also known as Teo Escamilla, was a Spanish cinematographer.[1]
After starting as a second assistant operator or camera operator, he became a cinematographer for fifty-three films, primarily Spanish or in co-production, released between 1974 and 1998.
Teo Escamilla was a frequent collaborator with director Carlos Saura,[2] working as the cinematographer on films such as Cría cuervos (1976, featuring Geraldine Chaplin and Mónica Randall) to The Dark Night (1989, with Juan Diego and Fernando Guillén). His notable works with Saura also include Blood Wedding (1981, with Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos) and El amor brujo (1986, also with Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos).[3]
Among other directors he collaborated with are Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (e.g., Heart of the Forest in 1979, starring Ángela Molina) and Jaime de Armiñán (e.g., The Nest in 1980, featuring Ana Torrent).
Throughout his career, Teo Escamilla received five nominations for the Goya Award for Best Cinematography, winning one for the aforementioned L'Amour sorcier.
He was directing a new film, En busca de Cortés, but he died from a heart attack at the age of 57 on 21 December 1997 in Matanzas, Cuba.[4]
Goya Award for Best Photography:
1987: Goya award for best photography, for El Amor brujo.