Roque Funes

Roque Funes (1 December 1897 – 15 June 1981 in Buenos Aires) was the most prolific Argentine cinematographer in the history of the Cinema of Argentina whose career spanned over 40 years of cinema.

Roque Funes in the 1950s

He began working in cinematography in 1921 with director José A. Ferreyra in La Gaucha, and worked extensively with Ferreyra on films that followed such as Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño (1922), La Leyenda del puente inca (1923) and Odio serrano (1924).

In 1939 he worked on Bodas de sangre and Amor. Funes worked on Capitán Veneno in 1943 and Albergue de mujeres in 1946.

The successful Con la música en el alma was released in 1951 and he worked on the Bárbara atómica film in 1952. His last film was Venus perseguida before his retirement as a cinematographer in 1964.

He died on 15 June 1981 in Buenos Aires aged 83.