Rights Watch International Film Festival. In 1980, Almendros won the César Award for François Truffaut's The Last Metro. Death In 1992, Néstor Almendros died of AIDS-related lymphoma in New York City at the age of 61. See also List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees References External links 1930 births 1992 deaths Deaths from lymphoma AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) Spanish expatriates in France Spanish expatriates in the United States Spanish cinematographers Spanish gay men Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni César Award winners LGBT film directors LGBT history in Spain 20th-century Spanish LGBT people