mauro herce

Known for his evocative style, Spanish DP Mauro Herce has cultivated an impressive and internationally acclaimed body of work across feature films and documentaries. Most recently, Herce was recognized at the Goya, European Film, and Gaudí Awards for his work on Oliver Laxe’s Sirat, a thrilling road film that follows ravers across the Moroccan desert. The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival and was subsequently nominated for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.

Herce’s longstanding relationship with director Laxe began with Mimosas, in which Herce masterfully captures the harrowing and breathtaking expanse of the High Atlas Mountains. Following this, Herce shot Laxe’s Fire Will Come, which won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival and garnered multiple wins from the Goya, Gaudí, and Mestre Mateo Awards for Herce’s work. Herce also works closely with director Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez, having lensed El Camino, a piercing docudrama that premiered at Berlin Film Festival, and Dos Fridas, a poetic and introspective look at the last days of iconic painter Frida Kahlo, which earned Herce an award for Best Cinematography from Gibara International Film Festival.

Other globally recognized work includes Lisandro Alonso’s fantasy western Eureka, Lois Patiño’s astonishing docudrama Samsara, Carla Subirana’s coming-of-age romance Sica, Santiago Fillol’s political thriller Slaughterhouse, and Eloy Enciso’s historical drama Endless Night. Across these various genres, Herce’s deliberate cinematography creates harmony across characters and settings that result in undeniable spectacle.

Originally from Barcelona, Herce studied film in Cuba and France. He is fluent in English and Spanish and is currently based in Spain, working globally.

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