Alfredo Fraile
{{Short description|Spanish cinematographer and film producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alfredo Fraile Lallana
| birth_name = Alfredo Fraile Lallana
| birth_date = April 25, 1912
| death_date = March 12, 1994 (aged {{age|1912|4|25|1994|3|12}})
| occupation = Cinematographer and producer
| spouse = María Josefa Laméyer Pascual
| children = 8
| years_active = 1942–1982
| website =
}}
Alfredo Fraile Lallana (April 25, 1912, Madrid, Spain – May 21, 1994, Madrid, Spain){{cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19940524-106.html|title=ABC MADRID 24-05-1994 página 106 - Archivo ABC|accessdate=2022-02-28|date=2019-08-27|website=abc}} was a Spanish cinematographer and film producer.{{cite web|url=https://www.sensacine.com/actores/actor-82401/filmografia/|title=Filmografía Alfredo Fraile|accessdate=2022-02-28|last=SensaCine|website=SensaCine.com|language=es}}
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.{{Cite web |last=González |first=David |date=2021-03-13 |title=Alfredo Fraile: El hombre detrás del éxito de Julio Iglesias que |url=https://elcierredigital.com/investigacion/255960613/muere-alfredo-fraile-exito-julio-iglesias-albertos-javier-rosa-suarez-berlusconi.html |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=elcierredigital.com}}
Alfredo Fraile passed away in May 1994 at the age of 82 in his hometown of Madrid.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-27 |title=ABC MADRID 25-05-1994 página 94 - Archivo ABC |url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19940525-94.html |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=abc}}
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{{Cite web |date= |title=Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 1945 |url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1946.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720151404/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1946.htm |archive-date=2020-07-20 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=cinecec.com}}{{Cite book |last=Falquina |first=Angel |title=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, 1945-1975: treinta años de cine |date=1975 |publisher=Imp. del M.I.T |isbn=978-84-500-6968-6 |location=[Madrid |pages=91}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1955 |url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1955.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106125755/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1955.htm |archive-date=2018-01-06 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=cinecec.com}}
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| Year | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Best Cinematography | Collective work | {{Won}} |
| 1946 | Best Cinematography | The Prodigal Woman | {{Won}} |
| 1955 | Best Cinematography | Death of a Cyclist | {{Won}} |
Literature
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=5eI6AQAAIAAJ&q=Alfredo+Fraile+1912 Making Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography]. Aurum. 2003. {{ISBN|978-1-85410-889-0}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070706073409/http://www.nuestrocine.com/personal.asp?idpersona=2043 Filmography of Alfredo Fraile]
- {{Imdbname|id=0005708}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608061809/http://rescatandosombras.es/index.php/nombres-imprescindibles/operadores?layout=edit&id=227 "Alfredo Fraile"]. rescatandosombras.es
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Category:Spanish cinematographers
Category:Spanish film producers