DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
As son of a cinematographer, Chuy Chavez started his career when he was a child and received the best cinematography award from the Mexican Film Academy for his second feature film Bienvenido Welcome in 1993. His credits since then include In the Mirror of the Sky, Huesca's Film Festival award winner; Chuck and Buck, whose avant-garde digital cinematography made a cover story at the American Cinematography Magazine; Zurdo, which won the Silver Goddess award winner (Press award) and, Me and You and Everyone We Know which won the Cannes' Camera d' Or and was nominated for the Sundance 2005 cinematography award. Aside from his work in fiction, Chavez also filmed Natalia Almada's award-winning documentary Al Otro Lado and Nicole Cattell's exquisitely shot documentary Revolución; Cinco Miradas.
CONTACT: chuychavez@mac.com / http://web.mac.com/chuychavez