Gimenez: Profile increases with every film

Role model: Roger DeakinsFilm or digital: "It is dependent around the project and also the texture you would like.InchPreferred tool: "I am not really a very technical d.p. and so i avoid using lots of toys."Representation: Sheldon Prosnit AgencyWith a present for dramatic lighting and artistic composition, The spanish language cinemato-grapher Xavi Gimenez has rapidly be a much-in-demand collaborator for such varied company directors as Kaira Anderson (to whom he shot "The Machinist" and "Trans-Siberian"), Alejandro Amenabar ("Agora") and Jaume Balaguero (three movies including "Fragile")."I have shot lots of thrillers and horror films, since you can experiment a great deal, and that i love using a director like Kaira or Jaume because they are very free and intuitive," he states. "Who knows what can happen around the set, that make it complicated, but additionally magical."The d.p.'s latest thriller is "Red-colored Lights," written and directed by Rodrigo Cortes and starring Robert P Niro and Sigourney Weaver, which performed at Sundance. "It had been challenging as everybody wanted to create a large movie having a low quality,Inch he reviews, "however i reached shoot it during my home town, Barcelona."Born within the Catalonian capital in 1970, Gimenez initially visited film school to review seem, but inside the first month, he experienced an epiphany: "I came across the energy of images and merely fell deeply in love with the thought of creating them and just how they are able to transform you," he recalls.After beginning like a camera operator and shooting shorts, he graduated to features within the late 1990's, shooting Balaguero's 1999 thriller "The Nameless," and it has labored continuously since -- "sometimes in Barcelona, where we did 'The Machinist,' truly throughout Europe, therefore it is always a journey with something totally new to determine and inspire you."This Year he earned his debut like a director together with his feature "Cruzando el limite," "a tale for teens which was really crazy and complex to shoot, and that we desired to do more like a d.p. than the usual director," he confesses."So I'm not sure if I'll direct again soon, when i need to explore pointing first." Meanwhile, Gimenez is concentrating on cinematography and lately came back from Venezuela, where he's been scouting and preparing "a large historic biopic" that'll be shot there. "That's all I'm able to say," he adds. "It is a large secret."Trailer: "Red-colored Lights"Go back to 10 Cinematographers to look at Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com