CONTACT:
Email: albertobalazsfilm@gmail.com
Connect on Instagram: albertobalazs_dop
Phone: +44 075 3000 6877
International Passports:
UK SETTLED STATUS (ILR)
EUROPEAN PASSPORT (Spanish)
LATINAMERICAN MERCOSUR (Argentinian Passport)
Spoken languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Galician.
Alberto Balázs is an Argentinian-Spanish Cinematographer living and working between London and Lisbon, at the intersection of fiction and documentary.
His work has been screened internationally at Venice Biennale, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Sundance, The New York Film Festival, Ficunam, Fribourg, ICA / The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, Viennale, Doclisboa, Bafici, HKIFF, Busan, AFI FEST, Taipei Golden Horse, Seminci, SVA, as well as museums, galleries, and universities.
He has created the studio Filmsonart for the documentation of contemporary artists works.
Selected Films and Awards:
In 2012 he was selected as UK Cinematographer for the Berlinale Talents with the ethnographic-fiction “The Inner Valley” shot in S16mm in Argentina, exhibited ar BAFICI and IFFR, among others.
In 2020 the Feature Film "PIEDRA SOLA" had its World premiere at the IFFR for the Tiger Competition. The film directed by Alejandro T Tarraf in Argentina had the Support of the National Institute of Cinema in Argentina INCAA, and the Doha Film Institute.
In 2020 Balazs was also Awarded the Professional Achievement Award for the film Piedra Sola, at Zerkalo Film Festival, and In 2021 he was Awarded Best Cinematography for the same film by the Argentinian Association of Cinematographers ADF.
In 2021 presents the film Mulaqat (Sandstorm) directed by Seemab Gul at the Venice Biennale, later in 2022 the film was part of the Official Competition at the Sundance International Film Festival and became part of the The New Yorker Magazine film catalogue. The same year the film received numerous awards including Best Cinematography at Vaughan Film Festival.
Education:
Balazs has a MA in Cinematography by the ESCAC in Barcelona, and BA om Audiovisual Communication.
He has attended Workshops and Masterclasses with Christopher Doyle, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Ellen Kuras, Walter Murch, Salomé Lamas, Stephen Daldry, Janus Kaminski, Tom Stern, William Klein, Roger Deakins, Pietro Scalia, Andrzej Wajda, Stephen Frears, Paolo Roversi, Edu Grau, Manoel de Oliveira, Jacques Aumont, Gustavo Santaolalla, Xavi Gimenez, and Pierre Lhomme.
Now/Future:
Currently working on the development of our second feature film “Alumbre” that will be shoot in Galicia, Spain, produced by Zeitun Films, presented at Cinemart 2024.