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name: "Ramón F. Suárez"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
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# Ramón F. Suárez

## Identity

Ramón F. Suárez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ramon-f-suarez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ramon-f-suarez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005894
- **TMDB ID:** 1120713
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118390917
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118390917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120713

Cinematographer. Born 2 September 1930 in La Habana, Cuba. Died 6 December 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 September 1930, La Habana, Cuba
- **Died:** 6 December 2016
- **Also known as:** Ramón Suárez
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118390917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120713

## Biography

Ramón F. Suárez was a Cuban cinematographer. Born in Havana in 1930, he studied at the Academia San Alejandro and worked in television before joining the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) after returning to Cuba in 1960. He contributed to early ICAIC productions, including newsreels and short films.

Suárez served as director of photography on several films directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, including *Death of a Bureaucrat* (1966), for which he also co-wrote the screenplay, and *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968). He left Cuba after 1968 and continued his career across Europe, the United States, Africa and Latin America, working on features such as *And Then There Were None* (1974) and later international productions until his death in Paris in 2016.

*Sources: endac.org, imdb.com, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

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

- *Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Dark at Noon* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Solitudes* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, Director of Photography
- *Paperback Woman* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Layla, Ma Raison* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Sahara Heat* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Manuela's Loves* (1987), Director of Photography
- *A Plan of Hell* (1986), Cinematography
- *Red Kiss* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Diesel* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Private Passions* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Claves, 2: We will return younger* (1984), Cinematography
- *Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman* (1984), Cinematography
- *Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Power Game* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Legitimate Violence* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Pure Blood* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Shadow of the Earth* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Aimée* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Nightmare* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Les Charlots contre Dracula* (1980), Director of Photography
- *The Police War* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Island of the Heads* (1979), Director of Photography
- *La Barricade du Point-du-Jour* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The White of the Eyes* (1978), Cinematography
- *Melodrama* (1976), Director of Photography
- *La mort de l'utopie* (1975), Camera Operator
- *The Tree of Guernica* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Ballad for Billy the Kid* (1974), Director of Photography
- *And Then There Were None* (1974), Additional Director of Photography
- *I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Huerto Cerrado* (1972), Cinematography
- *Man in Hiding* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Tirarse al monte* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Una mujer en la playa* (1970), Director of Photography
- *El desastre de Annual* (1970), Director of Photography
- *El fuego* (1970), Cinematography
- *Gente de mesón* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)
- *Death of a Bureaucrat* (1966), Director of Photography, Screenplay
- *Un día en el solar* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Cumbite* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Transit* (1964), Director of Photography
- *The Twelve Chairs* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Hemingway* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Cuba, a People Armed* (1961), Cinematography
- *Carnet de viaje* (1961), Cinematography
- *Realengo 18* (1961), Director of Photography
- *El joven rebelde* (1961), Director of Photography
- *General Assembly* (1960), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography 1992: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography (won), for *Dark at Noon*

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

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