---
name: "Alexis Zabe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexis-zabe"
fi1m_id: "alexis-zabe"
imdb_id: "nm0951386"
tmdb_id: 20715
wikidata_id: "Q18008973"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "4 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:58:33.683191+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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# Alexis Zabe

## Identity

Alexis Zabe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexis-zabe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexis-zabe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0951386
- **TMDB ID:** 20715
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18008973
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Zab%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18008973, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20715

Cinematographer. Born 4 June 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 4 June 1970, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Also known as:** Alexis Zabé
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Zab%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18008973, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20715

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Florida Project*](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project.md) (88)

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## Biography

Alexis Zabé (also credited as Alexis Zabe) is a Mexican cinematographer. Born on 4 June 1970 in Mexico City, he studied at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

He is known for his work on *Duck Season* (2004), *Silent Light* (2007), *Post Tenebras Lux* (2012) and *The Florida Project* (2017). Zabé has won two Ariel Awards for Best Cinematography, for *Duck Season* and *Silent Light*. He frequently collaborates with directors Fernando Eimbcke and Carlos Reygadas, and is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Florida Project* (2017), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Crusts* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Petra's Lasso* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Tuesday* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Huracán Ramírez vs. La Piñata Enchilada* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Gods And Machines* (2023), Cinematography
- *Leading the Electric Revolution and Sustainability* (2021), Cinematography
- *Erēmīta (Anthologies)* (2021), Editor, Director of Photography, Director
- *Boomerang* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Tyrel* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Florida Project* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project.md)
- *Tommy Can't Sleep* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Aningaaq* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Voice Thief* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Post Tenebras Lux* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Lake Tahoe* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Silent Light* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Year of the Nail* (2007), as Color Timer
- *Duck Season* (2004), Director of Photography
- *A Way Out* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Live* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Weightwatch* (2002), Director of Photography
- *You Owe Me One* (2002), Director of Photography
- *La historia de I y O* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Un Volcán de Lava de Hielo* (1994), Cinematography

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Ariel Award 2010: Ariel Award (won), for *Silent Light*
- Ariel Award 2008: Ariel Award (won), for *Silent Light*

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

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