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Luis David Sansans

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Luis David Sansans is known for Elysium (2013), Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Vantage Point (2008).
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  • Awards
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Luis Mandoki, Luis David Sansans, and Abraham Zabludovsky Nerubay in The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)
Visual effects supervisor Evan Jacobs shooting lighting reference on set for the Crow Attack

Known for

Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
Elysium
6.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department("b" camera mexico unit)
  • 2013
Saffron Burrows in Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Deep Blue Sea
5.9
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Luis Sansans)
  • 1999
Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Stuart Baird, James Le Gros, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, and Zoe Saldana in Vantage Point (2008)
Vantage Point
6.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
  • 2008
Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in Man on Fire (2004)
Man on Fire
7.7
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 2004

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Damson Idris in Snowfall (2017)
    Snowfall
    • director of photography (as Luis Sansans)
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Graham Sibley in Abraham Lincoln (2022)
    Abraham Lincoln
    • director of photography (as Luis Sansans)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • The Forever Purge (2021)
    The Forever Purge
    • director of photography (as Luis Sansans)
    • 2021
  • Justin Salinger in Grant (2020)
    Grant
    • director of photography
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Narcos: Mexico (2018)
    Narcos: Mexico
    • Cinematographer (as Luis Sansans)
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2020
  • Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Alfonso Dosal, Tenoch Huerta, and Paulina Dávila in Here on Earth (2018)
    Here on Earth
    • Cinematographer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • El último aliento
    • Cinematographer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • John Gallagher Jr. in The Belko Experiment (2016)
    The Belko Experiment
    • director of photography
    • 2016
  • Narcos (2015)
    Narcos
    • Cinematographer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Kate Mara and David Oyelowo in Captive (2015)
    Captive
    • Cinematographer
    • 2015
  • Benicio Del Toro in Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
    Escobar: Paradise Lost
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
  • Arturo Pons in The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man (2011)
    The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011
  • Kristyan Ferrer in Días de gracia (2011)
    Días de gracia
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011
  • Guillermo Iván and Martha Higareda in Sin memoria (2010)
    Sin memoria
    • Cinematographer
    • 2010
  • Más allá del muro
    • Cinematographer
    • 2009

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Ben Cotton, Clémentine Poidatz, and Jihae in Mars (2016)
    Mars
    • director of photography: second unit (as Luis Sansans)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • John Gallagher Jr. in The Belko Experiment (2016)
    The Belko Experiment
    • camera operator (as Luis Sansans)
    • 2016
  • Camilla Belle, Sean Marquette, Silverio Palacios, Sara Paxton, and Devon Werkheiser in Sundown (2016)
    Sundown
    • camera operator
    • 2016
  • Jesper Christensen, Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Tenoch Huerta, Stephanie Sigman, and Marco Zingaro in Spectre (2015)
    Spectre
    • camera operator: "c" camera, Mexico
    • 2015
  • Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Crispin Glover, Ray Liotta, Christopher McDonald, Robert Knepper, Max Thieriot, Rhys Coiro, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson in Texas Rising (2015)
    Texas Rising
    • director of photography: second unit
    • second unit cinematographer (as Luis Sansans)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Eddie Reynolds y Los Ángeles de Acero (2014)
    Eddie Reynolds y Los Ángeles de Acero
    • steadicam operator
    • 2014
  • Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
    Elysium
    • camera operator: "b" camera mexico unit
    • 2013
  • The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)
    The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
    • camera b operator
    • 2012
  • Mel Gibson in Get the Gringo (2012)
    Get the Gringo
    • b camera operator & steadicam (as Luis Sansans)
    • 2012
  • Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Stuart Baird, James Le Gros, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, and Zoe Saldana in Vantage Point (2008)
    Vantage Point
    • camera operator: second unit
    • 2008
  • El viaje de la nonna (2007)
    El viaje de la nonna
    • steadicam operator
    • 2007
  • Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
    Resident Evil: Extinction
    • camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
    • steadicam: second unit (as Luis Sansans)
    • 2007
  • Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Itatí Cantoral, Paul Rodriguez, Jon Seda, and Lupillo Rivera in One Long Night (2007)
    One Long Night
    • steadicam operator
    • 2007
  • Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary Crosby, Giovanna Zacarías, Mar Carrera, and Alexandra Benedetti in The Legend of Zorro (2005)
    The Legend of Zorro
    • b camera operator second unit
    • 2005
  • Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in Man on Fire (2004)
    Man on Fire
    • additional camera operator
    • 2004

Producer

  • Kristyan Ferrer in Días de gracia (2011)
    Días de gracia
    • co-producer
    • 2011
  • El gran salto
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2005
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Luis David Sansans Arnanz

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    Member of the Mexican Society of Cinematographers (AMC).

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