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Álvaro Martín Blanco

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Alvaro Martin Blanco (Born in Bilbao in 1978) studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country. While attending the program, Blanco studied painting, sculpture and photography in addition to working on short film projects.

In 2002 he graduated from the University with honors - his final project was directing of the short film "Paisaje desde una ventana." For this film, he collaborated with the Bilbao Arte Foundation.

During the years to follow he lived in England, Ireland and Italy; where he worked in a variety of artistic fields, focusing on his photography.

In 2005 he ran a Cinematography Seminar at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome, whose course tutor was renown cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno.

In 2006 he was accepted at the ECAM, Film School of Madrid - Spain, with a focus on Cinematography; he also received a grant for Artistic Studies Widening.

During the next three years he alternated his studies in ECAM with several media productions. Meanwhile, he went on with his career as a photographer and presented both individual and collective photography exhibitions such as "Eskerraldea" or "On the Road".

In 2009 he obtained a diploma at the ECAM and was nominated as Best Cinematographer in the Kodak film School Competition in Clermont Ferrand for the project "Estolcomo" (35mm).

Additionally, in 2009 he designed the theater lighting for the play "Good Sex, Good day" as well as an adaptation of "La Casa de Bernarda Alba" by Federico García Lorca.

The following years he worked as the Director of Photography for multiple projects, all of which were critical acclaimed at a number international festivals. His projects have been screened at such prestigious festivals as Cannes, Seattle, Clermont Ferrand or San Sebastian.

In 2013 he moved to Los Angeles, where he continues his career as Director of Photography internationally, developing advertising, fiction, and television content.

He has produced commercials for brands such as Gillette, Honda, Ford, Crest 3D, Sabritas-Lays, Lakers, Real Madrid, Gerber, Red Cross, Disney, among others. He has developed content for TV as HBO, Amazon Prime, El ReyTv Network channel, founded and directed by Robert Rodriguez, and Time Warner Cable TV, among others.
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Known for

Dissection of a Storm (2011)
Dissection of a Storm
7.2
Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 2011
Postcards from the Moon (2012)
Postcards from the Moon
6.9
Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 2012
Monsters of the Night (2015)
Monsters of the Night
8.2
Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 2015
Desperate Waters (2019)
Desperate Waters
8.8
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 2019

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Cinematographer

  • El Otro Lado
    • (as Alvaro Martin Blanco)
    • Completed
  • Angel Baby
    • Post-production
  • The Snake Key
    • Pre-production
  • Freedom H.U.D
    • Post-production
  • Chocolate
    • Completed
  • Xtra Life
    • In Production
  • I Don't Like Driving (2022)
    I Don't Like Driving
  • Palomares (2021)
    Palomares
  • Reflection (2020)
    Reflection
  • Sculpting Michelangelo (2019)
    Sculpting Michelangelo
  • Fifty (2019)
    Fifty
  • Tony Denison and Lyndsy Fonseca in Agent Emerson (2019)
    Agent Emerson
  • Matthew Marsden in I Am That Man (2019)
    I Am That Man
  • Disney's Club Penguin Island - TV Commercial (2019)
    Disney's Club Penguin Island - TV Commercial
  • ICE (2019)
    ICE
  • Jimmy Shubert: Zero Tolerance (2019)
    Jimmy Shubert: Zero Tolerance
  • Megan Cavanagh, Jennie McNulty, Amy Shiels, Alexandra Billings, Jamison Scala, Haviland Stillwell, Mouzam Makkar, Jennifer Bartels, Lisa Cordileone, Cassandra Blair, and Natasha Negovanlis in Freelancers Anonymous (2018)
    Freelancers Anonymous
  • Jilon VanOver, Meg Weidner, Violet Hicks, and James Robert Lopez in Best Mom (2018)
    Best Mom
  • Alice Bag in Se Cree Joven (2018)
    Se Cree Joven
  • Jessie Lynn Her, Daniel J. Parker, and Tory Despres in Motherfucker! (2017)
    Motherfucker!
  • Berkeley Pickell, Jordan Potch, Ross Murray, and Max Renner in The Night Delivery (2017)
    The Night Delivery

Camera and Electrical Department

  • I Don't Like Driving (2022)
    I Don't Like Driving
  • Mike Krzyzewski, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, and Chris Bosh in The Redeem Team (2022)
    The Redeem Team
  • Luis Figo in The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football (2022)
    The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football
  • Palomares (2021)
    Palomares
  • Jos Laniado and Karina Smirnoff in Tango Shalom (2021)
    Tango Shalom
  • Leonor Watling, Anton Yakovlev, and Hugo Silva in Nasdrovia (2020)
    Nasdrovia
  • Desperate Waters (2019)
    Desperate Waters
  • Bruce Dern, Kris Kristofferson, Trace Adkins, Luke Hemsworth, and Kaiwi Lyman in Hickok (2017)
    Hickok
  • Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper in Confess (2017)
    Confess
  • Solsticio (2013)
    Solsticio
  • 3665 (2013)
    3665
  • Disculpa (2012)
    Disculpa

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