He was Alejandro González Iñárritu’s go-to guy until he went the Chivo route. He also illuminated Martin Scorsese’s glossy "The Wolf of Wall Street" with all the gritty, sleazy glamour needed. Hailing from Mexico, he is just as responsible for the Mexican new-wave as any of the filmmakers involved. Don’t be fooled by his aesthetically pleasing lenses; there are a ton of subtleties lying underneath the style. Directors such as Spike Lee, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodóvar, Oliver Stone and Martin Scorsese have all called him up for their films. In fact, Scorsese’s latest "Silence" was shot by Prieto in Japan and might just be his shot at a second nomination.