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name: "Manuel Mateos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/manuel-mateos"
fi1m_id: "manuel-mateos"
imdb_id: "nm0558293"
tmdb_id: 1289952
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T01:10:13.151921+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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# Manuel Mateos

## Identity

Manuel Mateos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/manuel-mateos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** manuel-mateos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0558293
- **TMDB ID:** 1289952
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289952

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** Manuel Mateos Valverde
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289952

## Biography

Manuel Mateos, also credited as Manuel Mateos Valverde, is a cinematographer. He contributed to the cinematography of the 1992 film *Don Quixote*, using original footage directed by Orson Welles. His other credits as director of photography include *Hotel Paradise* (1980), *Fiebre de danza* (1984), *Canción triste de...* (1989) and *Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders* (1997).

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Don Quixote* (1992), Fi1m 54, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/don-quixote.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders* (1996), Cinematography
- *Don Quixote* (1992), Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/don-quixote.md)
- *Trampa para una esposa* (1992), Cinematography
- *Mala yerba* (1991), Cinematography
- *Tahiti's Girl* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Veneno que tú me dieras* (1989), Director of Photography
- *El equipo Aahhgg* (1989), Cinematography
- *Los obsexos* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Caminos de tiza* (1988), Cinematography
- *Veredicto implacable* (1987), Director of Photography
- *¡Esto es un atraco!* (1987), Director of Photography
- *¡No hija, no!* (1987), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Esto sí se hace* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Fourth Dimension* (1987), Camera Department Manager
- *Los presuntos* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Capullito de alhelí* (1986), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Greta y sus reuniones sexuales* (1985), Director, Writer
- *Savage Island* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Bragas húmedas* (1984), Cinematography, Editor
- *Fiebre de danza* (1984), Director, Director of Photography, Writer
- *La zorra y el escorpión* (1984), Director of Photography
- *La tercera luna* (1984), Additional Photography
- *Circle of Passions* (1983), Director of Photography
- *La avispita Ruinasa* (1983), Director of Photography
- *El higo mágico* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Piernas arriba* (1982), Cinematography
- *I am no Longer a Virgin, Olé, I am no Longer a Virgin* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Desenfrenos carnales* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Hotel Paradise* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Tres mujeres de hoy* (1980), Camera Operator
- *Escape from Hell* (1980), Director of Photography
- *El fascista, la beata y su hija desvirgada* (1979), Camera Operator
- *7 cabalgan hacia la muerte* (1979), Camera Operator
- *La mujer es un buen negocio* (1977), Assistant Camera
- *My Son is Not What He Seems* (1974), Assistant Camera
- *Watch Out, We're Mad* (1974), as (uncredited)
- *The Deadly Triangle* (1973), Assistant Camera
- *La descarriada* (1973), Assistant Camera
- *El apartamento de la tentación* (1971), Assistant Camera
- *Kill Django...Kill First* (1971), Camera Operator
- *Fortunata y Jacinta* (1970), Assistant Camera
- *Susana* (1969), Assistant Camera
- *Shadow of Death* (1969), Assistant Camera
- *Mi marido y sus complejos* (1969), Assistant Camera
- *A Bullet for Rommel* (1969), Assistant Camera
- *I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!* (1968), Assistant Camera
- *The Edge of Fear* (1967), Assistant Camera
- *En Andalucía nació el amor* (1966), Assistant Camera
- *Proceso a una estrella* (1966), Assistant Camera
- *Cupido contrabandista* (1962), Second Assistant Camera
- *Todos eran culpables* (1962), Second Assistant Camera
- *Los económicamente débiles* (1960), Second Assistant Camera

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