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Director of Photography

Javier Aguirresarobe

Bio

JAVIER AGUIRRESAROBE is a long-time master of Spanish cinema who first gained international acclaim for lensing Secrets of the Heart, which was selected by American Cinematographer magazine as one of its top 50 films since 1970. Already boasting seven Goya nominations for Best Cinematography and three wins, Aguirresarobe’s acclaim was further enhanced with Nicole Kidman’s atmospheric thriller The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenabar, for which the D.P. won his fourth Goya.

Aguirresarobe has since worked on major American and international features such as Pedro Almodovar’s Talk to Her, gaining his ninth Goya nomination; Amenabar’s The Sea Inside, which won the Oscar® for Best Foreign Film and netted Aguirresarobe’s fifth Goya; John Hillcoat’s soon-to-be-released The Road, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy; and Woody Allen’s Oscar nominated Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

In its review of Milos Forman’s recent Goya’s Ghosts, Variety described Aguirresarobe as a masterly painter of light and praised the film for having the most exciting visuals of any movie to come out of Spain in the last decade. Aguirresarobe was also director of photography for the soon-to-be-released James Ivory film The City of Your Final Destination, starring Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney.

Director of Photography- Job Description

A cinematographer who is ultimately responsible for the process of recording a scene in the manner desired by the director. The Director of Photography has a number of possible duties: selection of film stock, cameras, and lenses; designing and selecting lighting, directing the gaffer's placement of lighting; shot composition (in consultation with the director); film developing and film printing.