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Ricardo de Baños
cinematographer, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Ricardo de Baños Martinez
- Born:
- 1884-08-27, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Died:
- 1939-04-08, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
- Professions:
- cinematographer, director, writer
Biography
In 1904, when most Spaniards had never seen a flicker of moving image, twenty-two-year-old Ricardo de Baños aimed his camera and pressed record, launching a career that would shadow the birth of Spanish film itself. Between cranking hand-built cameras and staging scenes, he doubled as his own cinematographer, coaxing light and shadow onto fragile nitrate. The director’s chair was his, yes, but history remembers the fearless eye behind the lens—an artist who let the pictures speak louder than the credits.
