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Rafael Sanz

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Rafael Sanz was born on 30 June 1980 in Madrid, Spain. He is an assistant director, known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Killers (2010) and Live by Night (2016).
BornJune 30, 1980
BornJune 30, 1980
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    Known for

    Christopher Eccleston, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Byung-hun, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Sienna Miller, and Channing Tatum in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
    G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
    5.7
    • Additional Crew
    • 2009
    Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in Killers (2010)
    Killers
    5.5
    • Additional Crew(additional photography)
    • 2010
    Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldaña, Sienna Miller, and Elle Fanning in Live by Night (2016)
    Live by Night
    6.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(additional photography, second unit)
    • 2016
    John Travolta and Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
    The Taking of Pelham 123
    6.4
    • Additional Crew(re-shoot)
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Naked Gun
      • second assistant director: additional photography
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
      • first assistant director 2nd unit
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Golden
      • second assistant director
      • Completed
    • Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, and Ella Purnell in Fallout (2024)
      Fallout
      8.3
      TV Series
      • namibia unit: second assistant director
      • 2024
    • Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Iliana Norris, Vienna Norris, Zoe Colletti, and Van Crosby in The Family Plan (2023)
      The Family Plan
      6.3
      • second assistant director
      • 2023
    • Jodie Foster and Annette Bening in Nyad (2023)
      Nyad
      7.1
      • key second assistant director
      • 2023
    • Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel in Shotgun Wedding (2022)
      Shotgun Wedding
      5.5
      • key second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, and Kyle Allen in Rosaline (2022)
      Rosaline
      6.5
      • second assistant director (as Rafa Sanz)
      • 2022
    • Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and Alia Shawkat in The Old Man (2022)
      The Old Man
      7.5
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Justin Theroux in The Mosquito Coast (2021)
      The Mosquito Coast
      6.8
      TV Series
      • key 2nd assistant director
      • 2021
    • Westworld (2016)
      Westworld
      8.4
      TV Series
      • key second assistant director: Foreign Units
      • second assistant director
      • key second assistant director ...
      • 2020
    • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
      Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • key second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Paulson, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, and Awkwafina in Ocean's Eight (2018)
      Ocean's Eight
      6.3
      • second second assistant director: Los Angeles (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
      Ready Player One
      7.4
      • second assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
      Runaways
      6.8
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Bright (2017)
      Bright
      6.3
      • second second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Adam Sandler in Sandy Wexler (2017)
      Sandy Wexler
      5.2
      • second assistant director: second unit
      • 2017

    Additional Crew

    • Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice (2014)
      Inherent Vice
      6.6
      • key set production assistant (as Rafael Sanz Jimenez)
      • 2014
    • Love & Mercy (2014)
      Love & Mercy
      7.4
      • set production assistant: additional photography (as Rafa Sanz)
      • 2014
    • Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington in 2 Guns (2013)
      2 Guns
      6.7
      • key set production assistant: second unit, Los Angeles (as Rafa Sanz)
      • 2013
    • Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger (2013)
      The Lone Ranger
      6.4
      • set production assistant
      • 2013
    • Ashton Kutcher in Jobs (2013)
      Jobs
      6.0
      • set production assistant (as Rafael Sanz Jimenez)
      • 2013
    • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
      Lincoln
      7.3
      • set production assistant
      • 2012
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams in The Master (2012)
      The Master
      7.1
      • key set production assistant (as Rafael Sanz Jimenez)
      • 2012
    • Argo (2012)
      Argo
      7.7
      • additional set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Loom (2012)
      Loom
      6.3
      Short
      • production assistant
      • 2012
    • Noah Emmerich in Metro (2011)
      Metro
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • set production assistant
      • 2011
    • Jamie Bell and Joe Starr in The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
      The Adventures of Tintin
      7.3
      • set production assistant
      • 2011
    • Jude Law, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011)
      Contagion
      6.8
      • set production assistant: San Francisco (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Prom (2011)
      Prom
      5.4
      • set production assistant
      • 2011
    • Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, and Chris Hemsworth in Thor (2011)
      Thor
      7.0
      • set production assistant: second unit
      • 2011
    • Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in No Strings Attached (2011)
      No Strings Attached
      6.2
      • set production assistant
      • 2011

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Across a Bloodied Ocean
      Short
      • gaffer
      • grip
      • 2008
    • Álex Angulo, Alicia Borrachero, Jose Coronado, Joel Joan, Pepón Nieto, María Pujalte, and Belén Rueda in Periodistas (1998)
      Periodistas
      5.7
      TV Series
      • steadicam assistant
      • 2000–2001

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Rafa Sanz Jimenez
    • Born
      • June 30, 1980
      • Madrid, Spain

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