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Pedro Luque

Cinematographer

Pedro Luque

Born November 20, 1980 in Montevideo, Uruguay33 films

Pedro Luque, originally from Uruguay, made a grand entrance in 2016 as the cinematographer for the runaway horror hit Don't Breathe, directed by Fede Alvarez for Sony Pictures' Screen Gems. The film was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi Horror Movie. Upon its release, Peter Travers, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, noted Luque. "What makes this so memorably nerve-frying is the way Alvarez and cinematographer Pedro Luque use night-vision and every trick in the book and ones not invented yet to trap us in their vise."

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Luque went on to shoot the 2018 modern gothic psychological thriller movie Look Away, for director Assaf Bernstein (the critically-acclaimed director of Netflix's massive hit series, Fauda, 2015); the 2018 science fiction film Extinction for director Ben Young for Good Universe; the 2019 remake of the horror film Jacob's Ladder for director David Rosenthal; and the 2021 sequel Don't Breathe 2. Luque also served as DP on 2018's The Girl in the Spider's Web for Sony Pictures, starring Claire Foy, and on 2020's Antebellum for Lionsgate.

Luque recently wrapped La Sociedad de la Nieve for Netflix. Based in Los Angeles, he lives with his wife and two kids and speaks both English and Spanish fluently.

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Society of the Snow posterFirst watchSociety of the Snow20238.0On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Don't Breathe poster7.0Don't Breathe2016Alien: Romulus poster7.2Alien: Romulus2024Evil Dead poster6.7Evil Dead2013Don't Breathe 2 poster7.0Don't Breathe 22021Extinction poster6.1Extinction2018Look Away poster6.6Look Away2018The Girl in the Spider's Web poster6.2The Girl in the Spider's Web2018Antebellum poster6.2Antebellum2020

Filmography

33 films
  1. 2026Matchbox the MovieDirector of Photography
  2. 2024Alien: RomulusAdditional Director of Photography
  3. 2023Society of the SnowDirector of Photography
  4. 2021Paranormal Activity: Next of KinDirector of Photography
  5. 2021Don't Breathe 2Director of Photography
  6. 2020AntebellumDirector of Photography
  7. 2019Jacob's LadderDirector of Photography
  8. 2018The Girl in the Spider's WebDirector of Photography
  9. 2018Look AwayDirector of Photography
  10. 2018ExtinctionDirector of Photography
  11. 2016The WatcherDirector of Photography
  12. 2016The Silence of the SkyDirector of Photography
  13. 2016Don't BreatheDirector of Photography
  14. 2014ABCs of Death 2Director of Photography
  15. 2013High FiveDirector of Photography
  16. 2013Evil DeadAdditional Photography
  17. 2013The Broken WomanDirector of Photography
  18. 2010MundialitoDirector of Photography
  19. 2010Miss TacuaremboDirector of Photography
  20. 2009Panic Attack!Director of Photography
  21. 2009The Dead ManDirector of Photography
  22. 2008CachilaDirector of Photography
  23. 2008HitDirector of Photography
  24. 2008MatrioshkaDirector of Photography
  25. 2007La MatinéeDirector of Photography
  26. 2007Two HitlersDirector of Photography
  27. 2006Hobby MetalDirector of Photography
  28. 2006Sea MalesDirector of Photography
  29. 2006The guest roomDirector of Photography
  30. 2005Redrat: The Rebellious RodentDirector of Photography
  31. 2004Words of TruthDirector of Photography
  32. 2003Keep Off the FlowersDirector of Photography
  33. 1998La cartaDirector of Photography