TERESA MEDINA AEC

Born: 30 December 1965, Madrid, Spain.

Education: Universidad Complutense, Madrid [1985-90; BA, Science of Light and Image]; American Film Institute [AFI] [1990-93; MFA Cinematography].

Career: Started as c.asst. Went to the USA in 1990 to study at the AFI, where she produced a thesis film.

Ph commercials [for Sony, Winston, Energy Pacific, a.o.] and promotional spots for 'Black History Month' [dir by Spike Lee].

Appeared in the doc 'Women Behind the Camera' [2001-2006, Alexis Krasilovsky; 90m].

Awards: Spanish TV Academy nom [1999] for 'La rosa de piedra'; Women in Film 'Kodak Vision Award' [1999].

Teresa Medina: 'What inspires me is telling stories. That's what makes a movie beautiful. You wait for those scripts and those kinds of directors who have something to say and who respect the contributions that we make as cinematographers. I believe every movie has a unique look, and my mission is to create the look the director and producer are trying to portray through the written word. It is magical to be at the point in the creative process where the printed page comes to life.'

FILMS

1992	Como tú quieras [Joseba Salegi] c; short/21m; cph: ? Maite & Juan Amorós
1993	The Chili Con Carne Club [Jonathan Kahn] c; short/30m; prod AFI
1994	Unconditional Love/The Art of Passion [Arthur Egeli] c
1994	Reflections in the Dark/Reflections on a Crime [Jon Purdy] c; addph: Mark Skilton; spph: Michele Mattei
1994	The Last Supper [Stacy Title] c; 2uc; ph: Paul Cameron
1995	Cosas que nunca te dije/Things I Never Told You [Isabel Coixet] c
1995	Todo está oscuro/All Is Dark [Ana Díez] c
1995	Female Perversions [Susan Streitfeld] c
199?	Healthy Babies/Bebes saludables [Cheryl Quintana Leader] c; doc/?m
1995	Tricks & Traps: Protect Yourself/Trucos y trampas [Cheryl Quintana Leader] c; doc/?m
1996	Sweet Evil/Final Vendetta/Surrogate Mother/Talons of the Stork/The Surrogate [René Eram] c
1997	Colors Straight Up [Michèle Ohayon] s16/c; doc/93m; addph; ph: Theo van de Sande & Jacek Laskus
1997	Forever Is a Long, Long Time [Don Was] c; mus short/16m
1997	The 24 Hour Woman [Nancy Savoca] c
*2000*	*No Turning Back/Sin retorno* [Julia Montejo & Jesús Nebot] announced as doph, but replaced by Ian Fox

TELEVISION

1994	A Rainy Day [Leo Garcia] tvm
1996	Love Street [ep #24 'Freudian Slip' dir by David Dobkin] 26-part series, 1994-97; 3rd season, 1996; other ph: Bruce Douglas Johnson, Suki Medencevic, Adam Teichman, a.o.
1999	Wall to Wall Records [Josh Brand] pilot
1999	La rosa de piedra [Manuel Palacios] tvm
2000	The Blue Diner/La fonda azul [Jan Egleson] tvm/s8+35mm-to-35mm
2000	Gilmore Girls/Gilmore Girls: Beginnings [pilot dir by Lesli Linka Glatter, ep #2 'The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton' dir by Arlene Sanford, #3 'Kill Me Now' dir by Adam Nimoy, #4 'The Deer Hunters' dir by Alan Myerson, #5 'Cinnamon's Wake' dir by Michael Katleman, #6 'Rory's Birthday Parties' dir by Sarah Pia Anderson, #7 'Kiss and Tell' dir by Rodman Flender, #8 'Love and War and Snow' dir by Alan Myerson & #9 'Rory's Dance' dir by Lesli Linka Glatter] 153-part series/s16, 2000-07; 1st season, 2000-01; other ph: Michael A. Price (3 ep), Ron García (9 ep) & Hiro Narita (cph pilot)

MISCELLANEOUS

1992	Little Buddha [Bernardo Bertolucci] cam intern; ph: Vittorio Storaro
1992	Sliver [Phillip Noyce] cam intern; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond
1994	Red Shoe Diaries [ep 'Liar's Tale/Belinda's Tale' dir by James Gavin Bedford; tv-series] co-ord; ph: Bernard Auroux
1994	Red Shoe Diaries [ep 'Burning Up' dir by Rafael Eisenman & 'The Game' dir by Philippe Angers; tv-series] c.op; ph: Christophe Lanzenberg ('The Game') & Eagle Egilsson ('Burning Up')