Cinematographer · Actor · 1930 to 1992

Néstor Almendros

Best rated (cinematography): My Night at Maud's (7.6)

Cinematography films: 38
Cinematography avg: 6.70
Peak run: 1969’70
7+ run: 4 films

Cinematography films: 38
Cinematography avg: 6.70
Peak run: 1969’70
7+ run: 4 films

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Cinematography films, by TMDB rating

The career

Néstor Almendros, cinematography career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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196538 films1991

Current formLast 5: 6.12 vs career 6.70 (−0.58)

As a cinematographer, films with 25+ votes

Néstor by the numbers

Average

6.70

36 rated films

Vote weighted

6.75

bigger films count more

Median

6.9

half are better

Consistency

±0.60

rating spread

Career

27y

1965 to 1991

Total votes

12.9K

across every film

Best

7.6

My Night at Maud's

Worst

5.4

Nadine

Newest first

Filmography

Cinematography filmography

1991	Billy Bathgate	5.8	251
1989	New York Stories	6.2	424
1987	Nadine	5.4	98
1986	Heartburn	6.0	224
1984	Places in the Heart	7.2	204
1983	Confidentially Yours	7.1	229
1983	Pauline at the Beach	7.0	269
1982	Sophie's Choice	7.3	970
1982	Still of the Night	5.7	170
1980	The Last Metro	7.2	536
1980	The Blue Lagoon	6.1	2,102
1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	7.6	2,560
1979	Love on the Run	7.0	222
1978	Perceval	7.1	65
1978	Koko: A Talking Gorilla	·	22
1978	Goin' South	5.8	177
1978	Days of Heaven	7.5	1,217
1978	The Green Room	6.7	94
1977	Madame Rosa	6.8	44
1977	Change of Sex	·	19

Better together?

Néstor Almendros's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: François Truffaut and Néstor Almendros movies · Éric Rohmer and Néstor Almendros movies · Robert Benton and Néstor Almendros movies · Barbet Schroeder and Néstor Almendros movies

Takes

On Néstor Almendros

4 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Cinematography · Academy Awards 1983
Nestor Almendros
Nominated
Best Cinematography · Academy Awards 1981
Nestor Almendros
Nominated
Best Cinematography · Academy Awards 1980
Nestor Almendros
Nominated
Best Cinematography · Academy Awards 1979
Nestor Almendros
Won