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name: "Adolpho Veloso"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "31 May 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:49:07.692269+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Adolpho Veloso

Cinematographer. Born 31 May 1989 in São Paulo, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 31 May 1989, São Paulo, Brazil
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolpho_Veloso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134984301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4110224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1896957

## Coming up

- *Remain* (2027-02-03), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Train Dreams*](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adolpho Veloso is a Brazilian cinematographer. Born in São Paulo on 31 May 1989, he studied film at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado before working in advertising, music videos, short films and documentaries.

He gained international recognition for his work on the feature *Jockey* (2021) and the television series *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022). Veloso served as director of photography on *Train Dreams* (2025), directed by Clint Bentley, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, becoming the first Brazilian nominated in the category. He has also received awards including the Critics' Choice Award and Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Train Dreams* (2025), Fi1m 79, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Remain* (2027), Director of Photography
- *Queen at Sea* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Train Dreams* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *Glenmorangie: Once Upon a Time in Scotland* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Jockey* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Perfect David* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Mab an Tarz : fils de l’écume* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Mosquito* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Rodantes* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Tungstênio* (2018), Director of Photography
- *On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Solo* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Asco* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Trilhas* (2009), Assistant Camera
- *The Last of the Tribe*, Director of Photography
- *The Species*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2026: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Train Dreams*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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