#1: From interview [for the BSC]

#2: From interview [Plus Camerimage, 2012]

 

   


EDUARD GRAU   AEC

 

Born: 1981, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, as Eduardo 'Edu' Grau.

Education: ESCAC [Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya], Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; NFTS [Beaconsfield, UK; graduated in 2007].

Career: Ph commercials. Dir & ph music videos.

Awards [selection]: Plus Camerimage 'Bronze Frog' Award [2010], Gaudí Award nom [2011] & Goya Award nom [2011] for 'Buried'.

Website: Eduard Grau


 FILMS

2002

Desire on a Fall Afternoon [Rick Befan (= Ricard L. Befan)] 16mm/c; short/7m; as Edu Grau

2003

Knights of Honor [Eduard Grau & David Rosales] c; short/20m; cph: D. Rosales & Cristina Flamerich; + co-prod/co-story/co-scrpl/ed

2003

La ruta natural/The Natural Route [Àlex Pastor Vallejo] c; short/11m; as Edu Grau; prod ESCAC

2005

Aurora [Piers Sanderson] s16/c; doc/7m; as Edu Grau; prod NFTS

2005

Jesse's Girl [Christian Barbe] s16/c; short/?m; prod NFTS

200?

Daniel Cares [Nic Shearer] ?; short/?m; as Edu Grau; prod NFTS

2005

Peacemaker [Àlex Pastor Vallejo] s16-35bu/b&w; short/16m; as Edu Grau

2006

Honor de cavallería/Quixotic [Albert Serra] dv (Panasonic AG-DVX100)-to-35mm/c; cph: Christophe Farnarier

2006

Milk Teeth [Tibor Bánóczki] c; anim short/11m; prod NFTS

2007

Scarlet sunrise [Edu Grau & Edward Edwards] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; doc/15m; cph: E. Edwards; as Edu Grau; prod NFTS

2007

Friends Forever [Marçal Forés] s16/c; short/23m; prod NFTS

2007

Listen to Bradford [Piers Sanderson] dv/c; doc/19m; as Edu Grau; prod NFTS 

2008

Kicks/Starstruck [Lindy Heymann] HD/c

2008

Steel Homes [Eva Weber] HD (Sony PMW-EX?)/c; doc/10m; addph: Catherine Derry

2008

Fresh - A Spaghetti and Fried Chicken Western [Robert Hylton] c; dance film/4m

2008

Fràgil [Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font] c; short/5m; co-prod ESCAC

2008

After Tomorrow [Emma Sullivan] RED/c; short/16m

2009

A Single Man [Tom Ford] s35/b&w-c; uwph: Tom Boyd

2009

The Switch [Josh Gordon & Will Speck] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; time lapse ph splinter unit; ph: Jess Hall

2009

Buried [Rodrigo Cortés] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Pau Esteve Birba

2010

13 ½ [Haris Vafeiadis] s16-35bu/c; short/21m

2010

Finisterrae [Sergio Caballero] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c

2010

The Awakening [Nick Murphy] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; uncred addph: Giles Nuttgens; 2uc: Pau Esteve Birba

2010

No Place on Earth [Janet Tobias] HD (Silicon Imaging SI-2K + Canon EOS 5D & C300 + ARRI ALEXA)+RED-to-digital/b&w-c; doc + dram seq/83m; ph drama seq winter; other ph: César Charlone (return visit Ukraine), Sean Kirby (interviews + 2uc return visit) & Peter Simonite (drama seq spring + 2uc drama seq winter); addph: Zac Nicholson, Christopher Beauchamp & Robert Franklin; filmed 2010-11

2010

Animals [Marçal Forés] scope/c; credits seq ph: Dani Robles; uwph: Txema Vega

2011

Arthur Newman/Arthur and Mike [Dante Ariola] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; ph L.A. unit: Paula Huidobro; 2uc (+ 'b' cam op & c.op L.A. unit): Peter Simonite; as Eduardo Grau

2012

A Single Shot [David M. Rosenthal] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c 

2012

Her [Spike Jonze] HD (ARRI ALEXA Studio & XT + Canon EOS C300 + Phantom Flex)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; co-2uc; ph: Hoyte van Hoytema

2013

Streetcar/Tram [Hala Matar] HD/c; short/9m; as Edu Grau; sponsored by Diesel Jeans

2013

Double Play - James Benning and Richard Linklater [Gabe Klinger] RED Scarlet/c; doc/70m; also ep Arte-tv series 'Cinéma, de notre temps'

2013

L'Agent [Penélope Cruz] HD/c; comm short/6m; as Edu Grau; for Agent Provocateur Ltd. (couture lingerie)

2013

Suite Française [Saul Dibb] p (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c; 2uc: Neus Ollé

2014

Suffragette/The Fury [Sarah Gavron] HD (ARRI ALEXA)+s16/c; 2uc: Pau Esteve Birba

2014

Barbados [Misha Manson-Smith] c; short/8m

2014

Trespass Against Us [Adam Smith] c; 2uc: Pau Esteve Birba; uwph: Tom Wilkinson

2015

The Gift [Joel Edgerton] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c

2015

Vale [Alejandro Amenábar] HD scope/c; comm short/12m; as Edu Grau; c.op 2u: Carlos Català; for Estrella Damm (beer)

2016

Gringo/American Express [Nash Edgerton] HD (ARRI ALEXA SXT/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; ph Chicago: Natasha Braier (started as 1st unit ph, but left 2 weeks into filming and was replaced by E. Grau); uncred addph Los Angeles (reshoots in 2017): Greig Fraser; ph Mexico splinter unit: Pau Esteve; addph Mexico splinter unit (+ 1st unit c.op 'c' cam): Elias M. Félix 

 

 TELEVISION

2007

Kiss of Death/Blood Rush/Breathless [Paul Unwin] tvm; originally planned as a 2-part drama

2008

Rivers of Blood [James Newton] 4-part (x 3m) doc series; part of Channel 4 series '3MW' ('3 Minute Wonder')

2009

Coming Up [ep #24 'Raising Baby Rio' dir by O. Nathapon & #25 'Pornography' dir by Jo McInnes] 58-part series/dv, 2006-13; 4th season, 2009 (7 ep); for Channel 4

2014

Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty [Angus MacQueen & (co-dir) Guillermo Galdos] c; doc/83m; ph dramatizations; ph: G. Galdos; add cam (USA): Sheila Smith; ep PBS-tv series 'Frontline'

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

2001

El siguiente [Lluís Quílez; short] co-electrician (as Edu Grau); ph: Isaac Vila; prod ESCAC

2001

Ausencias/Absences [Nely Reguera; short] co-electrician (as Edu Grau); ph: Gina Ferrer; prod ESCAC

2002

El postcoitum - sabe a traguitos de café [dir (as Eduard Grau); + small part] 16mm/c; short/7m; ph: Griselda Jordana; prod ESCAC 

2002

Mola ser malo [Àlam Raja; short] co-electrician (as Edu Grau); ph: Sergi Portabella; prod ESCAC

2003

Otra mirada [Mª Ángeles Hernández; tv-doc/28m] co-c.asst (as Edu Grau); ph: Anna Molins; prod ESCAC

2003

Bitter Kas [dir (as Eduard Grau); + co-scrpl] c; short/8m; ph: Neus Ollé Soronellas; prod ESCAC

2003

Estúpidos [Basado en hechos reales] [Gerard Sinfreu; short] co-c.asst (as Edu Grau); ph: Griselda Jordana; prod ESCAC

2003

La última Polaroid [Mar Coll; short] co-electrician (as Eduard Grau); ph: Pau Esteve Birba; prod ESCAC

2003

Yeah Yeah Yeah [Marçal Forés; short] gaffer (as Eduard Grau); ph: Neus Ollé; prod ESCAC

2003

Heavy - road movie [Mireya Gregorio; short] co-gaffer (as Eduard Grau); ph: Soraya López; prod ESCAC

2003

Figuritas [José Mª Pérez Quintero; short] co-c.asst + co-gaffer (as Edu Grau); ph: Pol Orpinell; prod ESCAC

2003

Anteayer [Liliana Torres; short] c.op (as Eduard Grau); ph: Pol Orpinell; prod ESCAC

2004

No quiero la noche [Elena Trapé; short] co-electrician (as Edu Grau); ph: Pau Català; prod ESCAC

2012

Tres bodas de más [Javier Ruiz Caldera] c.op 'b' cam; ph: Arnau Valls Colomer