Eduardo Serra, who has marked the best nominations to cinematography Oscars for Girl with a pearl earring And The wings of the dove And also said the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies, Unbreakable And many others during a career of five decades, died on August 19. He was 81 years old.
The Portuguese Cinema Academy announced the news but has not provided other details.
Born October 2, 1943 in Lisbon, Serra made her debut as a camera assistant in Paris before making her cinema debut on the 1983 photo Sinless. He has become a Lensman sought in France, working with directors of the big name. He made seven films for Claude Chabrol, from the 1990s The Haridressher husband at 2013 A promise, who would be his last DP credit.
His most famous work – and certainly his most successful – was David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fired consecutive to conclude the lucrative franchise, Part 1 was released in 2010, followed by Part II the following year. They combined more than $ 2.3 billion worldwide.
With his nomine at the Oscars Girl with a pearl earring (2003) and The wings of the dove (1997), his many other films as director of photography include Michaelbottom Kick (1996), Vincent Ward What dreams can come (1998), Kevin Spacey Beyond the seaEdward Zwick’s Blood diamond (2006) and Challenge (2008) and Mr. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable (2000).
“I must say that working with the night has been a fascinating and wonderful experience,” said Serra in an interview of 2000 with Director of American photography. “He does not work in the traditional and classic American way to take a master stroke, then to make a lot of narrower blows in case he does not really make a blanket; He has very long and composed photos, and everything is carefully Storyed. Although we have certainly changed [some] Things, most of the time, we followed the storyboard. His approach combines the best of both worlds: America and Europe. »»
The only Portuguese person to win two best names Oscar from cinematography, Serra is also a triple winner of the Camerimage and Recipient of the 2014 International Prize for the American Society of Cinematographs.
