Figueroa's introduction

I studied painting and music in my early years, and started shooting movie stills from 1930. Later, I worked as an assistant photographer from 1935, and went to Hollywood from 1936 to learn photography from G. Toland. His first film, Manor, won the national prize in Mexico. 1942 began to cooperate with director e Fernandez. Their films Maria Candlelia (1943) and Pearl (1946) won prizes at Cannes International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival respectively. In 1950s, in cooperation with Spanish director L bunuel, he made films such as The Forgotten Man (1950), Nashalin (1958) and Angel of Destruction (1962). Figueroa's creative style was influenced by Mexican murals and Soviet photographer Kisai. His early works are slow in rhythm, beautiful in composition, good at using light and strong in decoration. In his films, he truly reproduces the natural scenery and people's lives in Mexico. In his later works, he pursued the use of realistic expression techniques, and the modeling treatment was more rigorous, concise and rhythmic. 197 1 year, the president of Mexico personally awarded him the National Art Award.