---
title: 'Luis Walter Alvarez'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'nuclear physicist'
  - 'university teacher'
  - 'inventor'
  - 'physicist'
  - 'astronomer'
born: '1911-06-13'
died: '1988-08-31'
birthplace: 'San Francisco'
deathplace: 'Berkeley'
films_in_library: 1
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-walter-alvarez'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Walter_Alvarez'
wikidata: 'Q178344'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Luis Walter Alvarez

nuclear physicist, university teacher, inventor, physicist, astronomer.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2007 · [The 11th Hour](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-11th-hour-2007) — Editor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

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