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Alex Catalán(I)

  • Cinematographer
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Alex Catalán
Álex Catalán began his professional career 35 years ago as a press photographer. He attended film schools in Madrid, London, Los Angeles and La Habana and worked for 12 years as camera operator and lighting technician for TVE (Spain National Broadcasting Company).

From 2000 on, he focused on professional cinematography and has shot since then 32 long feature films as director of photography, receiving 8 Goya nominations for After, Unit 7, Marshland, A Perfect Day, 1898, Yuli, While At War and Prison 77.

In 2014 he received the Jury Prize for best cinematography in the 62 edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival and, in 2015, the Best Cinematography Goya award, both for Marshland.

In 2021 received the RTVA Career Award and, in 2011 and 2015, the CEC Medal, from the Spanish Cinematographic Writers Association for Even the Rain and Marshland, as well as 5 Teo Escamilla Awards for the best technical-artistic contribution, awarded by the Andalusian Cinematographic Writer's Association. In Mexico he won the Best Cinematography Award in the Guadalajara 24th International Film Festival for Camino and, at New York 2013, the Tribeca Film Festival special mention for the cinematography of Unit 7.
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    • Awards
      • 14 wins & 20 nominations total

    Known for

    Javier Gutiérrez and Raúl Arévalo in Marshland (2014)
    Marshland
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko in Room in Rome (2010)
    Room in Rome
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 2010
    Antonio de la Torre and Mario Casas in Unit 7 (2012)
    Unit 7
    6.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 2012
    Prison 77 (2022)
    Prison 77
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 2022

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    Cinematographer



    • The Captive
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Anatomía de un instante
      • Cinematographer
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2025



    • Valley of Shadows (2023)
      Valley of Shadows
      5.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Voll-Damm: Los 5 pasos (2023)
      Voll-Damm: Los 5 pasos
      6.4
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Campofrío: La herencia (2022)
      Campofrío: La herencia
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Siete Jereles (2022)
      Siete Jereles
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Prison 77 (2022)
      Prison 77
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Las Gentiles (2021)
      Las Gentiles
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Álvaro Mel in La Fortuna (2021)
      La Fortuna
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Álex Catalán)
      • 2021
    • Historias lamentables (2020)
      Historias lamentables
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • While at War (2019)
      While at War
      6.9
      • Cinematographer (as Álex Catalán)
      • 2019
    • Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez in Yuli (2018)
      Yuli
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz in Loving Pablo (2017)
      Loving Pablo
      6.4
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Cuánto. Más allá del dinero (2017)
      Cuánto. Más allá del dinero
      6.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Javier Gutiérrez, Carlos Hipólito, Luis Tosar, Ricardo Gómez, and Álvaro Cervantes in 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)
      1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Eduard Fernández in Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
      Smoke & Mirrors
      6.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Jean Reno and Laia Costa in The Little Things (2016)
      The Little Things
      6.3
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • While at War (2019)
      While at War
      6.9
      • camera operator (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • La casa de las sirenas (2007)
      La casa de las sirenas
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Shin Ha-kyun in No Mercy for the Rude (2006)
      No Mercy for the Rude
      7.1
      • camera operator: Spain
      • 2006
    • 7 Virgins (2005)
      7 Virgins
      6.3
      • director of photography (as Álex Catalán)
      • 2005
    • El factor Pilgrim (2000)
      El factor Pilgrim
      6.0
      • cinematography special collaboration
      • 2000

    Producer



    • Las Gentiles (2021)
      Las Gentiles
      6.1
      • associate producer
      • 2021

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      • Alejandro Catalán

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      Member of the Spanish Society of Cinematographers (AEC).

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