# Affonso Beato

Affonso Henrique Beato (born July 13, 1941) is a Brazilian cinematographer.

## Career

He started his cinematic career during the 1960s, gaining international recognition with his work on Glauber Rocha's Antonio das Mortes (1969).
He has served as the President of the Brazilian Society of Cinematographers, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
In 2017, he became a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1967 | Cara a Cara | Júlio Bressane | |
| 1968 | The Brave Warrior | Gustavo Dahl | |
| 1968 | Copacabana Me Engana | Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | |
| 1969 | Antonio das Mortes | Glauber Rocha | |
| 1969 | Máscara da Traição | Roberto Pires | With Pompilho Tostes |
| 1970 | Pindorama | Arnaldo Jabor | |
| 1971 | Le maître du temps | Jean-Daniel Pollet | With Jean Collomb |
| 1971 | O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil | Antônio Calmon | |
| 1973 | The Promised Land | Miguel Littín | |
| 1974 | Hot Times | Jim McBride | |
| 1978 | The Boss' Son | Bobby Roth | |
| 1981 | Circle of Power | Bobby Roth | |
| 1981 | Documenteur | Agnès Varda | With Ace Armanaki, Nurith Aviv, Bob Carr, Mosh Levin and Tom Taplin |
| 1983 | Los dos Mundos de Angelita | Jane Morrison | |
| 1984 | Para Viver Um Grande Amor | Miguel Faria Jr. | |
| 1985 | Happily Ever After | Bruno Barreto | |
| 1985 | Tropclip | Luiz Fernando Goulart | |
| 1986 | The Big Easy | Jim McBride | |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | Jim McBride | |
| 1990 | Enid Is Sleeping | Maurice Phillips | |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Jim McBride | |
| 1994 | Uncovered | Jim McBride | |
| 1994 | Mil e Uma | Suzana de Moraes | |
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret | Pedro Almodóvar | With Alfredo Mayo |
| 1996 | Five Days, Five Nights | José Fonseca e Costa | |
| 1997 | The Informant | Jim McBride | |
| 1997 | Live Flesh | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| 1998 | Traição | José Henrique Fonseca Arthur Fontes Cláudio Torres | With Breno Silveira |
| 1999 | All About My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| 1999 | Orfeu | Carlos Diegues | |
| 2000 | Price of Glory | Carlos Ávila | |
| 2001 | Ghost World | Terry Zwigoff | |
| 2003 | Dot the I | Matthew Parkhill | |
| 2003 | God Is Brazilian | Carlos Diegues | |
| 2003 | View from the Top | Bruno Barreto | |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Jonathan Lynn | |
| 2005 | Dark Water | Walter Salles | |
| 2006 | The Queen | Stephen Frears | |
| 2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera | Mike Newell | |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | George C. Wolfe | |
| 2013 | Time and the Wind | Jayme Monjardim | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1992 | Minuto da Bossa | Walter Salles | TV special |
| 2009 | Maysa: Quando Fala o Coração | Jayme Monjardim | Miniseries |
| 2011 | Roberto Carlos Especial | Jayme Monjardim | Episode "Emoções em Jerusalém" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1971 | Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen | Rudolf Thome |
| 1991 | Blood Ties | Jim McBride |
| 1997 | Pronto | Jim McBride |
| 1997 | Dead by Midnight | Jim McBride |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Richard Pearce |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite | Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini |

### Other credits

Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen | Man from another planet | TV movie |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Smuggler | |
Director
* Colours (TBA)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
| 1967 | Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema | Best Cinematography | Cara a Cara | Won |
| 1997 | Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema | Best Cinematography | Mil e Uma | Won |
| 1999 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | All About My Mother | Nominated |
| 2006 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | The Queen | Nominated |
| 2007 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | Love in the Time of Cholera | Nominated |
| 1999 | Goya Awards | Best Cinematography | All About My Mother | Nominated |
| 1999 | Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro | Best Cinematography | Orfeu | Won |
| 2003 | Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro | Best Cinematography | God Is Brazilian | Nominated |
| 2013 | Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro | Best Cinematography | Time and the Wind | Nominated |