Curriculum Vitae

Training

PHILOSOPHY

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Universidad Nacional de Educación a distancia

FILM

International Film and Television Schoool (E.I.C.T.V.) at San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba):

- Film photography, taught by DoP Ralf MÜller

- Documentary aesthetics, directed by Jorge Fraga

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Clean driving license

Spoken and written English

Knowledge of mountaneering techniques

Philosophy (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid UAM and Universidad Nacional de Educación a distancia UNED)

Professional experience

1984-92 / Several jobs as camera assistant on documentaries and TV series, on film (35 and 16mm) as well as vídeo (1" and Betacam SP)

1992-2009 / Work as Cinematographer on:

FEATURE FILMS:

- As reliquias do Santo. (TVMovie. RAW Format 4KHD-REDOne) by Toño López , produced for Bren Entertaiment (Filmax group).

- A Casa da Luz ( F23 HdcamSR for copy on 35mm) by Carlos Amil produced for Vimbio Films

- 7 minutos (35mm) by Daniela Fejerman, produced for Catafiore Films/Tornasol

- Paisito (35mm) by Ana Díez , produced for Tornasol/Haddok/la Jolla.

- Mujeres en el parque by Felipe Vega (35mm), produced for Tornasol.

- Días Azules by Miguel Santesmases (35mm) produced for Milou Films / Tornasol /Continental Producciones.

- La bicicleta by Sigfrid Monleón (HDCAM for copy on 35mm), produced for Wanda Films / Indigo media / Fenix PC..

- La flaqueza del bolchevique. by Manuel Martín Cuenca (HDCAM for copy on 35mm), produced for Rioja 

  Films.

- Nubes de Verano. by Felipe Vega (35mm), produced for Tornasol and Messidor Films.

- El regalo de Silvia. by Dionisio Perez (HDCAM for copy on 35mm), produced for Lorelei, Imval and El 

  Medano.

- Carlos contra el mundo. by Chiqui Carabante (HDCAM for copy on 35mm), produced for Jaleo Films.

- Mamá es boba. by Santiago Lorenzo (35mm), produced for El lápiz de la Factoría and Trastorno Films.

- Plauto. by David Gordón (HDCAM for copy on 35mm), produced for IUNO Films. 

- Cuatro puntos cardinales. (Nigeria and Chile) (digital Betacam / dvcam for copy on 35mm), produced for

   Morena Films.

- El juego de Cuba. by Manuel Martín (shot on digital betacam for positive copy on 35mm), produced for 

  Avidea y Cartel.

TV DRAMA:

- Lo del ojo no es nada. by Sigfrid Monleón (B/N 35mm).

- Elena. by Jesús Solera (35mm), produced for álacera Films.

- Pilar. by Jesús Solera (35mm), produced for álacera Films.

SHORT FILMS:

- Amores que matan. by Iciar Bollaín (shot on digital betacam for copy on 35mm).

- Women in a Train. by Jorge Torregrosa (35mm).

- El hombre. by Gonzalo Tapia (B/N 35mm).

- Completo Confort. by Juanflan (35mm).

- Adiós prisión. by Michael Aguiló (35mm).

- La madre. by María Zamacola (35mm).

- La neña de los mios güeyos. by Marta fuertes (35mm).

- Postales de la India. by Juanjo Díaz Polo (35mm).

- Resniel. animated film (35mm), produced for Prosopopeya andPixelcoop, as photography technical 

   consultant. 

- Conejo al ajillo by Pablo Valiente. Shot on MiniDV (DVX100) for copy in 35mm

DOCUMENTARIES

(16mm and Betacam SP, digital Betacam and HD): Work for several TV networks (Germany, Turkey, Argentina, Euronews, etc.) ; social documentaries (100% cubano, directed for ángel Hernández (16mm). Senegal, directed for Igor Fioravanti. Sefarad, produced for Turkish state TV ), Cerca del Danubio directed by Felipe Vega and produced for La Iguana (16mm), documentary film Berlineses directed by Felipe Vega (Betacam digital), produced for Canal Plus and the documentary “25 años de el País” directed by Felipe Vega, produced for Itaca pc. (Dvcam),

Countries I´ve been worked: España, Portugal, Francia, Bélgica, Italia, Austria, Alemania, Islandia, Grecia, Turquia, Sri-Lanka, Malasia, Indonesia, Singapore, EEUU, Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Senegal, Nigeria y Marruecos.

TV SERIES

- Clic-Clack. 13 chapter series for TVE.

- Navegantes y Andaluces. 13 chapter documentary series for Canal Sur.

- Makana. Documentary series for Argentinian TV (Rosario); and the pilot for a TV series starring Leo Bassi, 

   directed by Dennis Kirkland and produced for euro Ficción.

- Nuestros caminos a Santiago produced for El camino producciones and Media Pro for TVE.

- "El pasado es mañana". Lighting design, produced for StarLine - Doa a Doa, 14 chapter series for TVG produced for IBISATV and directed by Valentín Carrera.

ADVERTISING:

(35mm. Betacam SP and Betacam digital): Amongst other work, the spot for Christmas Lottery directed for Angel Hernández, the spots for the Ministry of Work's campaign for stable employment, directed for Fernando Colomo; institutional videos (RENFE, Telefónica, ayuntamientos de la Comunidad de Madrid, etc.), industrial videos (Termomix, Vinos de Huelva, Renault, Telefónica, Amper, Coca-cola, Mapfre, Segunda Mano, etc. ) and promos for Canal Plus Godzilla, Golpes imposibles and Calle 13.

MUSIC VIDEOS:

- 3 music videos for Najwa Nimri in 35mm, 16mm and Digital Betacam . Directed by Daniel Calparsoro and

   Jorge Torregrosa.

- Cultura Probase by Jorge Torregrosa.

- J. Carmona. by Gregory Solís.

- Dover. by Juan Bullón.

- Dusminguets.

THEATRE:

Lighting for several theatrical productions for the Cuarta Pared in Madrid (Yerma, La orilla rica, Passport, etc.), Metabolé theatre production (Isabella enamorada, Amortes, etc.) and the Carmen ballet company, for Sonseca.

OTHER WORK:

Valencia History Museum, (series of 60 historical clips on HDCAM for digital projection).

Museo de la Historia del Turrón (imágenes para proyección sobre cristal para el efecto "fantasma" en Betacam Digital)

Cycladic art Museum (series of historical clips on Hdcam for digital projection)

Andalucia History Museum. History windows. Series of clips mixing real image with 2D image. Shooted with F23 camera on HdcamSR.

Shangai Universal Exposition. Documentary images of Spain directed by Basilio Martin Patino. Shooted on REDOne camera. Raw Format 4K 16:9.

Teaching experience

Lecturer at the Taller de Artes Imaginarias (TAI) in Madrid from 1995, teaching several courses cursos relacionados con la dirección de fotografía (Lighting, Composition, Laboratorio, etc.). I have also taken part in several seminars as panel member: 

Seminar on digital effects in film ( Alcalá de Henares Film Festival.Madrid1998)

Seminar on film photography (Granada Film Festival. 2000).

HDCAM Seminar. (Granada International Film Festival 2002).

Seminar about film crafts. (Universidad de Salamanca 2002). Published in the collection Screen Crafts by Ocho y Medio

Seminar on High Definition digital image CEV 2003 

Seminar on High Definition digital image at the Centro de Estudios Europeos (2003 and 2004).

Seminar on film crafts for Academia Galega do Audivisual ( Santiago de Compostela, Spain) (2005)

Seminar on Digital Cinemagraphy for Academia Galega do Audiovisual ( A Coruña,Spain) (2006)

TEA congress of Digital Cinematography in Zaragoza (Spain- 2006)

Workshop “ La captación de imágenes cinematográficas en el mundo digital” for ATEGA. (Santiago de Compostela) (April 2009)

Regular contributor to Shooting and High Definition Magazine.

Member of AEC, CML group and Digital Cinema Society.

Awards

Best photography at the new filmmakers festival 1996.

Best photography at the Aguilar de Campó festival 2001

Best photography at the Terrasa festival 2001

Best photography at the Alfas del Pi festival 2001

Best photography at the Mieres festival 2001

Best photography at the INCURT festival 2001

Kodak Award for the best photography at the MadridImagen festival 2001

I have worked with the following directors:

Felipe Vega, Iciar Bollaín, Alberto Bermejo, Jesús Solera, Jorge Torregrosa, Sigfrid Monleón, Manuel Martín Cuenca, Chiqui Carabante ,David Gordon, Nacho Gabasa and Daniela Fejerman.