Pau Esteve Birba

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Esteve and the second or maternal family name is Birba.

Pau Esteve Birba (born 1981) is a Spanish cinematographer.

Biography

Pau Esteve Birba was born in Barcelona in 1981.[1] He graduated in photography from the ESCAC.[2] Following his graduation he decided to move to Mexico in 2009.[3] He was recalled to Spain to work in the second unit of Buried.[3] He settled in Málaga towards 2017.[1]

Filmography

Cinematographer

• Cannibal (2013)[4]
• Beautiful Youth (2014)[5]
• It's Now or Never (2015)[6]
• Realive (2016)[7]
• Orbiter 9 (2017)[8]
• The Motive (2017)[9]
• Some Time Later (2018)[10]
• Bye (2019)[11]
• Out in the Open (2019)[12]
• The Good Boss (2021)[13]
• Alegría (2021)[14]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	61st San Sebastián International Film Festival	Best Cinematography	Cannibal	Won	[15]
2014	28th Goya Awards	Best Cinematography		Won	[16]
	1st Fénix Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated	[17][18]
2015	7th Gaudí Awards	Best Cinematography	Beautiful Youth	Nominated	[19]
2022	1st Carmen Awards	Best Cinematography	The Good Boss	Won	[20]
			Alegría	Nominated
	36th Goya Awards	Best Cinematography	The Good Boss	Nominated	[21]
	9th Platino Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated	[22]

References

1. Vargas, Isabel (16 February 2022). "Uno de los directores de fotografía más solicitados del cine español vive en Málaga: así es Pau Esteve". El Español.
2. "El graduado de la ESCAC Pau Esteve Birba gana el Goya a la mejor fotografía". Universitat de Barcelona. 12 February 2014.
3. Pastor, Custodio (15 October 2013). "Poderosas imágenes". El Mundo.
4. Holland, Jonathan (7 September 2013). "Cannibal (Canibal): Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
5. Debruge, Peter (18 May 2014). "Cannes Film Review: 'Beautiful Youth'". Variety.
6. ""Ahora o nunca", a la gran pantalla". TV3. 9 June 2015 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
7. Harvey, Dennis (28 June 2016). "Film Review: 'Realive'". Variety.
8. Lombardo, Manuel J. (11 April 2017). "Romance en la probeta". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly.
9. Harvey, Dennis (21 September 2017). "Toronto Film Review: 'The Motive'". Variety.
10. Lombardo, Manuel J. (29 December 2018). "No termina de amanecer". Diario de Sevilla. Grupo Joly.
11. Fernández, Fausto (22 November 2019). "Crítica de 'Adiós'". Fotogramas.
12. Holland, Jonathan (3 January 2020). "'Out in the Open' ('Intemperie'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
13. Lodge, Guy (24 September 2021). "'The Good Boss' Review: A Workplace Comedy With Javier Bardem as the Friendly Face of Capitalist Corruption". Variety.
14. Torreiro, Mirito (9 December 2021). "Crítica de 'Alegría'". Fotogramas.
15. "'Caníbal' se lleva el premio a la mejor fotografía en el Festival de San Sebastián". Diario de Almería. Grupo Joly. 29 September 2013.
16. "Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2014". Fotogramas. 16 October 2014.
17. "Los nominados a los Premios Fénix". Milenio.com. 30 October 2014.
18. "Los ganadores de los Premios Fénix 2014". La Prensa. 1 November 2014.
19. "Carles Gusi consigue el primer Gaudí por la fotografía de "El Niño"". La Información. 1 February 2015.
20. Pinto, C. (31 January 2022). "Listado completo de ganadores de los Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento.
21. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón', mejor película". Cinemanía. 12 February 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
22. Pizarro, Miguel Ángel (2 May 2022). "'El buen patrón' y 'El reino', grandes triunfadoras de los Premios Platino 2022". ecartelera.