David Gallego

David Gallego

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1977 in Bogota, Colombia.

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Born
1 January 1977, Bogota, Colombia
Active
2015–2018

Biography

David Gallego is a Colombian cinematographer and editor. Born in 1977 in Bogotá, he studied Comunicación Social-Periodismo at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano and undertook studies in cinematography with directors of photography including Adriano Moreno and Paola Rizzi.

He is known for his work as director of photography on Embrace of the Serpent (2015) and Birds of Passage (2018), both directed by Ciro Guerra, as well as I Am Not a Witch (2017), The Kings of the World (2022), Rebel Ridge (2024) and On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024). Gallego has also worked as an editor and camera operator on a range of shorts, documentaries and television productions.

Coming up

On Fi1m

Birds of Passage poster

Birds of Passage

2018 · Director of Photography, Cinematography

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Embrace of the Serpent

2015 · Director of Photography, Cinematography