Known for Camera
Alex Phillips Bolaños, known as Alex Phillips Jr., was a Mexican cinematographer, celebrated for the quality of his photographic work and for having worked with the most prominent film directors in that country, such as Arturo Ripstein, Felipe Cazals, and Jorge Fons.
Born
January 11, 1935
Died
February 12, 2007 (age 72)
Birthplace
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Filmography
101 films


Luminarias
2000 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
Welcome to Luminarias-where hot spicy dish gets served up with a Latin twist by four successful friends from East LA...with very discriminating taste in men! When separated divorce attorney Andrea finds herself guilty of falling for her white and Jewish opposing council, her three single friends choose sides in the ongoing and often hilarious debate over race and sex. As they discover just how much negative stereotypes color their relationships with men-and even with each other-it becomes clear that the search for Mr. Right is not exactly black and white! Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment


Bésame en la boca
1995 · 1h 39m
country: Unknown
Popstar dies by accident, and Heaven's bureaucrats send her back to earth to inhabit a different body.


Mujeres infieles
1995 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico
Three stories about three high middle class women from Mexico City who are unfaithful to their partners. 1) Julieta is a married with Eduardo, a publicist addicted to work. 2) Clara is a capricious and fickle girl who is committed to marry Ricardo, a lawyer, until she meets Alfonzo, the architect in charge of remodeling the apartment where the couple will live when they get married. 3) Mariana and Rafaela are married for 10 years and have a daughter, but she is dissatisfied with their marriage until she decides to contact Armando, a man much older than her, through a magazine contact.


Forbidden Homework
1992 · 1h 20m
country: Mexico
A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.


Imperio blanco
1992 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
Two reformatory kids grow up and become movers in the drug trade.
Undressed and Unruly
Undressed and Unruly
1991 · 1h 19m
country: Mexico
A beautiful woman is abandoned by her husband during their honeymoon, she stays alone in the hotel where she meets other guests and listen to their stories.


Love Bubbles
1991 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico


Mujer de cabaret
1991 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico
Alicia Conde is famous and successful cabaret singer is going to marry Octavio and quit her career. But this Octavio turns to be a gambler and in a few months he loses all family's fortune. Alicia decided to come back to that cabaret and sing again. The cabaret owner Don Lalo wants her to be his love and his girlfriend Elena finds out about it. She kills him and makes people and police think that Alicia is guilty for this murder. Being imprisoned Alicia must find a prove that she's innocent. And the only prove is a VHS with the record of that murder which was stolen from Elena by her ex-lover. Alicia goes through beatings, humiliation, takes drugs and finally faces with Elena and her ex-lover to get the prove of her innocence...


The Trouble with Spies
1987 · 1h 31m
country: United States
George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.


Born in East L.A.
1987 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!


Number One with a Bullet
1987 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.


Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · 1h 39m
country: United States
After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.


Firewalker
1986 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.


La rebelión de los colgados
1986 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
The drama of the Indians of tropical Mexico in the early twentieth century. The Rebellion of the Hanged is the intense story of the rise of the oppressed pawns and their struggle to achieve freedom and independence.


Murphy's Law
1986 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.


To Kill a Stranger
1986 · 1h 28m
country: Mexico
Cristina Carver (Angelica Maria) finds herself in dire straits after she arrives to spend some time with her TV-reporter husband (Dean Stockwell) who is visiting a Latin American country run by a military dictator. After a car accident one day, Cristina brings the helpful Col. Kostik (Donald Pleasence) home and then kills him in self-defense when he violently attempts to rape and murder her. Terrified, she covers up her act and hides the body, yet in spite of her husband's efforts to protect her, a local police detective starts to figure out what really happened.


King Solomon's Mines
1985 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.


Little Treasure
1985 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling projectionist. The father passes away, telling of the loot from a botched bank robbery that he buried years earlier. The two get jobs in town as their relationship grows and they search for the treasure on the weekends. But while the treasure seems to bring them together, it also seems to be tearing them apart.


Blame It on the Night
1984 · 1h 25m
country: United States
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from his beloved school to keep him company on tour. Getting acquainted is fraught with culture shock for both father and son. Written by Paul Emmons


Torchlight
1984 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.


Surf 2
1984 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Evil Nerd Menlo wants to get revenge on some surfers by selling a bad batch of soda called Buzz Cola which turns people into mutant zombies. Its up to Jocko, Chuck, Bob and their surfer buddies to save the day.


Sorceress
1982 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Twin warrior sisters, raised in the wilderness and trained for battle, must survive a bizarre world of monsters, cultists, zombies, and barbarians as they prepare for a final showdown with the father who once tried to destroy them.


Seduction
1981 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico
The story of two women, a mother and her daughter, who during the Cristero War set traps for government soldiers passing by their house, using seduction that was never consummated. The idea was to deceive the soldiers by making them feel safe, then hand them over, almost with their hands tied, to the Cristero guerrillas. But then one of the women, the daughter, truly falls in love with one of the soldiers, allows herself to be seduced by him, and then tries to save him, only to be killed, in the circumstances, by the soldier himself.


La Chèvre
1981 · 1h 34m
country: France
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.


Demonoid
1981 · 1h 20m
country: Mexico
A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine, fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possesses people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner.


Fade to Black
1980 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.


Wolf Lake
1980 · 1h 28m
country: United States
War veterans visit a lakeside cabin for a week of shooting, drinking, etc. but find the cabin being looked after by a young caretaker named David. When David's status as a war deserter is revealed, all hell breaks loose.


Caboblanco
1980 · 1h 27m
country: Mexico
Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.


The Swap
1979 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother.


México de mis amores
1979 · 1h 45m
country: Mexico
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.


Sunburn
1979 · 1h 39m
country: United Kingdom
A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.


Survival Run
1979 · 1h 29m
country: Mexico
A group of teenagers drive out into the desert in search of sex, beer, and general good times. When their van breaks down, they find a group of prospectors who welcome the kids and offer them a place to stay until they can get help. It soon becomes evident, however, that there is more to these prospectors than they claim, and soon the teens are fleeing for their lives.


Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · 1h 46m
country: United States
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.


Life of Sin
1979 · 1h 52m
country: Puerto Rico
The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her.


The Mongol Plot
1977 · 1h 45m
country: Mexico
In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, while he will find love in the young Marta.


The Bricklayers
1976 · 2h 2m
country: Mexico
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.


Kalimán in the Sinister World of Humanón
1976 · 1h 43m
country: Mexico
Kalimán: Women want to be with him, men want to be him! That old adage fits this character. The superhero was huge in Mexico, the subject of comic books and a radio show that was as popular as the Shadow's was in the States. He's a very philosophical, peace loving man who uses his brains and heart as well as brawn in his capers.


The Heist
1976 · 1h 23m
country: Mexico
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.


The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were prospecting fifteen years earlier. He tells his other partners from that time, Joe Knox and Billy, and they confront Colby demanding not only the thousand dollars he took but an addition fifty-nine thousand for their trouble. After being thwarted in this attempt, they, and a would-be named Thursday, hatch a plan to kidnap Colby's wife, Nancy Sue, who is coincidently Sam's old flame, but find that Nancy Sue is not the sweet girl that Sam remembers.


Foxtrot
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Mexico
A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.


Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1975 · 1h 56m
country: Mexico
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.


The Devil’s Rain
1975 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.


Man Friday
1975 · 1h 55m
country: United Kingdom
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.


The Savage Is Loose
1974 · 1h 54m
country: United States
A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.


Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · 1h 53m
country: United States
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.


Nefertiti and Akhenaten
1973 · 30m
country: Mexico
Depicts events around the rise and fall of Queen Nefertiti.


National Mechanics
1972 · 1h 45m
country: Mexico
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.


El vals sin fin
1972 · 1h 42m
country: Mexico


Vanessa
1972 · 1h 25m
country: Ecuador
A woman is dissatisfied with her husband and resorts to another woman.


Queen Doll
1972 · 1h 39m
country: Mexico
A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.


The Wrath of God
1972 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.


Buck and the Preacher
1972 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.


El águila descalza
1971 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.


Ya Sé Quién Eres (Te He Estado Observando)
1971 · 1h 25m
country: Mexico
David is in love with his neighbor Rosalba and follows her everywhere. Rosalba, heartbroken because her boyfriend left her, decides to marry David.


Wait for me in Siberia, Darling!
1971 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico
Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.


El ídolo
1971 · 1h 40m
country: Mexico
The story of a magnate who is dedicated to doing shady business. This man is involved in a series of problems when his wife, his lover and his secretary find out about the relationship he has with each one.


River of Gold
1971 · 1h 15m
country: United States
A pair of beach bums wind up in Acapulco, where they get involved in a search for a beautiful woman and a sunken treasure.


Emiliano Zapata
1970 · 2h
country: Mexico
This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.


The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · 2h 29m
country: Mexico
A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.


La hermana Trinquete
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
Career-thief hides from the police by joining a convent.


The Door and the Butcher's Wife
1969 · 1h 22m
country: Mexico
A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.
El escuadrón del pánico
El escuadrón del pánico
1969 · 2h 3m
country: Puerto Rico
The story of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the US Army composed almost entirely of Puerto Ricans and who participated in the Korean War, suffering heavy casualties.


Me casé con un cura
1968 · 1h 25m
country: Puerto Rico
Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.


Agente 00 Sexy
1968 · 1h 45m
country: Mexico
The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.


Chewing Gum
1968 · 28m
country: Mexico
Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.


La mujer de a seis litros
1967 · 1h 15m
country: Unknown
Anthology movie, three cynical "contes cruels."


Monday's Child
1967 · 1h 18m
country: Argentina
The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.
Vírgenes de la nueva ola
Vírgenes de la nueva ola
1967 · 1h 27m
country: Puerto Rico
Lucía hides her true past in order to rebuild her future. She lives in Puerto Rico and attends university with a group of friends, who often spend time at her favorite hangout, "The Scene Au Go-Go," run by Tres Patines.
La fiebre del deseo
La fiebre del deseo
1966 · 1h 20m
country: Mexico


Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power
1966 · 1h 17m
country: Mexico
The Blue Demon faces a murderous satanic hypnotist.


Los tres pecados
1966
country: Mexico


Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
1966 · 1h 55m
country: Mexico
Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.


Millonario a go-go
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Puerto Rico
Jíbaro Machuchal inherits a piece of land in Condado Beach. When he arrives, he finds a hotel has been built on his land.


Blue Demon
1965 · 1h 19m
country: Mexico
Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.


The Fool Killer
1965 · 1h 39m
country: United States
After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside, and meets various odd characters along the way, including Milo, a mysterious drifter who may or may not be the vengeful "Fool Killer" of folklore.


Caña brava
1965 · 1h 20m
country: Dominican Republic
A sailor decides to marry his girlfriend, but her boss is in love with her and orders a beating for her boyfriend. Once the sailor regains consciousness, he is accused of murder and must flee. Once he gets to the port, however, he is beaten again, losing his memory as a consequence.
Operación Tiburón
Operación Tiburón
1965 · 1h 35m
country: Puerto Rico
A popular singer is suspected of being involved with a notorious drug dealer, el Tiburón (the Shark). Meanwhile, a friend of the singer is recruited by Interpol to find the criminal's real identity.


Cuando acaba la noche
1964 · 1h 40m
country: Mexico
In a New York hospital, a man is cured of heroin addiction after a grueling three-month treatment. Although no longer an addict, he has complete amnesia: the only clues to his past are an expensive ring he was wearing when admitted, and a book of matches from a Puerto Rican nightclub. He pawns the ring and buys clandestine passage on a boat to Puerto Rico in search of his identity.


Bello amanecer
1964 · 1h 31m
country: Mexico
The spectacular beauty of María awakens the most hot and crazy passions among all the men of the island, including Jorge and Roberto. The two fishermen will vie for her love, by any means necessary.


The Getaway Face
1963
country: Mexico


Yanco
1961 · 1h 31m
country: Mexico
The engaging and sentimental tale begins when the little boy (Ricardo Ancona) starts manifesting a greater and greater talent at music and at the same time, a supersensitivity to sounds. His overly astute hearing drives him into the woods and away from the cacophony of the town's hustle and bustle. Once in the woods, he meets a kindly old hermit who teaches him how to play the violin he made. After the old man dies, the violin ends up at a pawn shop, and each night the boy sneaks in to play it in secret. It is this haunting, nightly music that sets the town on edge -- people think an evil spirit is on the loose.
El cine mexicano de fiesta
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958
country: Mexico