Óscar Faura

Óscar Faura (* 1975 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish cameraman .

Life

Faura studied at the Barcelona Film School (ESCAC). Since 1999 he has been a cameraman for the shootings for commercials and short films. The first engagements as a camera operator and second unit cameraman for feature film productions soon followed .

His breakthrough came in 2007 with Juan Antonio Bayona's feature film debut, The Orphanage , which was hugely successful in both critics and box offices. His performance earned him a nomination for the 2008 European Film Awards in the Best Cinematography category . In 2012 he worked again with Juan Antonio Bayona on the disaster film The Impossible , which dealt with the true story of a Spanish family in the 2004 tsunami and was particularly successful at the Spanish box office. For this work Faura received a nomination at the Goya 2013 in the category Best Camera .

In 2014 Faura filmed the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life . He then worked again with JA Bayona on the fantasy film Seven Minutes After Midnight .

Filmography (selection)

• 1999: Endora (short film)
• 2004: Sonorama
• 2004: Quito (TV movie)
• 2005: H2ombre (short film)
• 2007: The orphanage (El orfanato)
• 2008: Las manos del pianista (TV movie)
• 2009: Super Drama Movie (Spanish Movie)
• 2010: Julia's Eyes (Los ojos de Julia)
• 2012: The Impossible (Lo imposible)
• 2012: The Body (El cuerpo)
• 2013: Mindscape
• 2014: The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life (The Imitation Game)
• 2016: Seven Minutes After Midnight (A Monster Calls)
• 2018: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Web links

• Official website oscarfaura.com
• Óscar Faura in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ European Film Awards 2008 - The Nominations at europeanfilmacademy.org, accessed on August 13, 2016
2. ^ The Impossible at boxofficemojo.com, accessed August 13, 2016
3. ↑ Finalistas Premios Goya 2013 at academiadecine.com, accessed on August 13, 2016