Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC
Children of Men

Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, ASC, AMC was born in Mexico City. He was a passionate still photographer during his teens, and went on to study filmmaking at the cinema school at the University of Mexico. In 1991, Lubezki collaborated with his college classmate, director Alfonso Arau, on Like Water for Chocolate. The film earned Lubezki the first of three straight Silver Ariel awards for cinematography, which is the equivalent of an Oscar in Mexico. His other Silver Ariel awards were for Miroslava and Ámbar. His credits also include A Walk in the Clouds, The Birdcage, Great Expectations, Ali, The Cat in the Hat, The Assassination of Richard Nixon and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, among others. He has earned previous Oscar nominations for A Little Princess (1996), Sleepy Hollow (2000), and The New World (2006).

“In my early conversations with Alfonso (Cuarón), we spoke about the energy that was generated by The Battle of Algiers. He wanted to approach this film like we were covering the 5 o’clock news or a documentary with the camera following the characters.”

In 2027, infertility and terrorism threaten humankind. When Theo Faron (Clive Owen) becomes disillusioned by government bureaucracy, he is recruited to help transport and protect a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future.

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