Gabriel Beristain Biography ((?)-)
Born in Mexico; son of Luis Beristain (an actor and director) and an actressmother; married Elizabeth (a photojournalist); children: Victoria, Max. Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Cinematographer, producer, director, camera operator
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Cinematographer
- (As Luis Gabriel Beristain) Carne de tu carne, 1983
- The Good Father, Skouras Pictures, 1985
- Christmas Present, 1985
- Caravaggio, Zeitgiest Films, 1986
- "Turnadot," "I pagliacci," and linking scenes, Aria, Miramax, 1987
- The Courier, Vestron Pictures, 1988
- Venus Peter, 1989
- Killing Dad, 1989
- Joyriders, 1989
- Waiting for the Light, Triumph Releasing Corp., 1990
- K2 (also known as K2: The Ultimate High), Miramax, 1992
- The Distinguished Gentleman, Buena Vista, 1992
- Bound by Honor (also known as Blood In, Blood Out and Blood In, Blood Out ... Bound by Honor), Buena Vista, 1993
- (Northern England shoot) Wide Sargasso Sea, New Line Cinema, 1993
- Fatal Instinct, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
- Greedy, Universal, 1994
- Dolores Claiborne, Columbia, 1995
- (Second unit) The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996
- Trial and Error, New Line Cinema, 1997
- The Spanish Prisoner, Sony Pictures Classics, 1997
- Tale of the Mummy (also known as Talos the Mummy and Russell Mulcahy's "Tale of the Mummy"), Dimension Films, 1998
- El cometa (also known as The Comet and L'annee de l comete), 1999
- Molly, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
- Blade II, New Line Cinema, 2002
- S.W.A.T., Columbia, 2003
- Blade: Trinity, New Line Cinema, 2004
- The Ring Two, DreamWorks, 2005
- The Shaggy Dog, Buena Vista, 2005
- Film Work
- Photography, Broken Arrow 29, 1986
- Camera operator: Waddington, K2 (also known as K2: The UltimateHigh), 1992
- Producer, Bienvenido-Welcome (also known as Welcome), Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografica, 1995
- Producer, En el espejo del cielo (also known as The Mirror in the Sky), Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografica, 1998
- Executive producer, Pronto saldermos del problema (also known as Our Troubles Will Soon Be Over), 1998
- Camera operator: present day sequences, The Green Mile (also knownas Stephen King's "The Green Mile"), Warner Bros., 1999
- Director, El grito (also known as Bloody Proof), 2000
- Producer, Salwa, 2003
- Film Appearances
- Himself, The Blood Pact: The Making of "Blade II" (documentary), New Line Cinema, 2002
- Himself, Incident at Loch Ness (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004
- Television Cinematographer
- Miniseries
- Lost Belongings, Channel 4, 1987
- Movies
- Troubles, 1988
- The Orchid House, 1991
- Television Appearances
- Specials
- Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You For the Last Time, HBO, 1998
- RECORDINGS
- Music Videos; as Cinematographer
- Worked as cinematographer on Aerosmith's "Amazing"; videos by Bryan Ferry, Tina Turner, and Michael Crawford.