Gabriel Figueroa

Gabriel Figueroa Mateos was a Mexican cinematographer who is regarded as one of the greatest cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He has worked in over 200 films, which cover a broad range of genres, and is best known for his technical dominance, his careful handling of framing and chiaroscuro, and affinity for the aesthetics of artists.

24 April 1907

Born on the same birth day (24 April): Andrew Murrison • Anthony Trollope • Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick • Caspar Lee • Christian Bobin • David Usher • Dejan Savić • Djimon Hounsou • Doris Burn • Eilidh Whiteford • Inga Gentzel • João Braz de Aviz • Karen Asrian • Lyubov Popova • Manuel Ávila Camacho • Nigel Harrison • Olivia Gadecki • Queen Marau • Robert Penn Warren • Sandy Herd • Sue Grafton • Thomas Cronan • Willem de Kooning • Yuko Nakanishi

Born in the same month (April 1907): Augoustinos Kantiotes • August Eigruber • Fred Zinnemann • Fritz Wotruba • Harald Andersson • Ilias Tsirimokos • Lee Miller • Luke Appling • Miklós Rózsa • Nikolaas Tinbergen • Paul Douglas (actor) • Sanya Dharmasakti • Shivakumara Swami