Juan Ruiz Anchía

Juan Ruiz Anchía (born June 12, 1949) is a Spanish cinematographer. His work includes James Foley's adaptation of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross and At Close Range.

Juan Ruiz Anchía
Born	(1949-06-12) June 12, 1949 Bilbao, Spain
Other names	Juan Ruiz Anchia Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchía Juan Ruiz-Anchia Juan Ruiz-Anchía Juan Ruiz.Anchia
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1971–present

Early career

Anchía attended the Escuela Official de Cinematografia in Madrid, graduating in 1972, followed by a graduate in the AFI Conservatory with a Master in Visual Arts as a Director of Photography in 1981. His AFI television movie, Miss Lonelyhearts (1983), won the Cannes Film Festival for Best Foreign Film. His daughter is Jara Ruiz-Anchia, who is now in The USA and is a pioneering bridge between Spain and The USA. She is connected to education.

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Director
1975	Un informe para una academia	Carles Mira
1981	Reborn	Bigas Luna
1982	Pares y nones	José Luis Cuerda
	Valentina	Antonio José Betancor
1983	Soldados de plomo	José Sacristán
	1919, crónica del alba	Antonio José Betancor
1984	The Stone Boy	Christopher Cain
	Maria's Lovers	Andrei Konchalovsky
	Gringo mojado	Ricardo Franco
1985	That Was Then... This Is Now	Christopher Cain
1986	At Close Range	James Foley
	Where the River Runs Black	Christopher Cain
1987	House of Games	David Mamet
	Surrender	Jerry Belson
1988	The Seventh Sign	Carl Schultz
	Things Change	David Mamet
1989	Lost Angels	Hugh Hudson
1990	The Last of the Finest	John Mackenzie
1991	Dying Young	Joel Schumacher
	Naked Tango	Leonard Schrader
1991	Liebestraum	Mike Figgis
1992	Glengarry Glen Ross	James Foley
1993	A Far Off Place	Mikael Salomon
	Mr. Jones	Mike Figgis
1994	The Jungle Book	Stephen Sommers
1995	Two Bits	James Foley
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Steve Barron
	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Marcos Zurinaga
1998	Mararía	Antonio José Betancor
1999	The Corruptor	James Foley
2000	The Crew	Michael Dinner
2001	New Port South	Kyle Cooper
	Focus	Neal Slavin
2002	No Good Deed	Bob Rafelson
2003	Confidence	James Foley
	Off the Map	Campbell Scott
2004	Spartan	David Mamet
	Innocent Voices	Luis Mandoki
2007	Sleepwalking	William Maher
	September Dawn	Christopher Cain
2009	I Come with the Rain	Tran Anh Hung
	Bunraku	Guy Moshe
2010	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Christopher Cain
2011	Blackthorn	Mateo Gil

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1976	El desencanto	Jaime Chávarri	With Teo Escamilla
1978	La historia y la vida extraterrestre	Juan García Atienza Álvaro Saavedra

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1983-1985	American Playhouse	Michael Dinner Michael Fields	Episodes "Miss Lonelyhearts" and "Noon Wine"

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
1984	Single Bars	Harry Winer
2012	Outlaw Country	Michael Dinner Adam Arkin
2013	Phil Spector	David Mamet

Music video

Year	Title	Artist	Director
1986	"Live to Tell"	Madonna	James Foley
1987	"What's Going On"	Cyndi Lauper	Andy Morahan
1993	"Bad Girl"	Madonna	David Fincher

External links

• Juan Ruiz Anchía at IMDb