Diego Guijarro Alvarez, known professionally as Diego Guijarro, is a Spanish-Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted for his work on the 2021 film Carmen, for which he won the Borsos Competition award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian film at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival.[1]

Diego Guijarro
OccupationCinematographer
Websitehttps://www.diegoguijarro.com/

Early life and education

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A native of Madrid, Guijarro moved to Canada at age 19 to study English.[2] Deciding to stay in Canada, he studied cinematography at Sheridan College,[2] and won the Canadian Society of Cinematographers award for Best Student Cinematography in 2016 for his fourth-year student film House of Glory.[3]

Career

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Guijarro's credits include the films Islands[4] and Cascade, and music videos for Lydia Ainsworth, Nikki Yanofsky and Begonia.

Awards

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In 2021, Guijarro won Best Cinematography at the Whistler Film Festival.

References

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  1. ^ Charlie Smith, "Cinema of Sleep wins Borsos award for best Canadian feature at Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Media Arts grad wins national cinematography award". sheridancollege.ca. Sheridan College. April 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Reid, Regan (April 5, 2016). "Rene Ohashi takes top prize at CSC Awards". Playback.
  4. ^ Halligan, Fionnuala (March 22, 2021). "'Islands': SXSW Review". Screen Daily.
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