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name: "David Gallego"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:36:54.261878+00:00"
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# David Gallego

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1977 in Bogota, Colombia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1977, Bogota, Colombia
- **Active:** 2015–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Ciro Guerra](https://film.one/person/ciro-guerra.md), [Cristina Gallego](https://film.one/person/cristina-gallego.md), [Jacques Toulemonde Vidal](https://film.one/person/jacques-toulemonde.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130226162, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3239612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1476894

## Coming up

- *Birds of Passage* (2018-08-02), Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/birds-of-passage.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Embrace of the Serpent*](https://film.one/film/embrace-of-the-serpent.md) (82)

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## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, proimagenescolombia.com, moviemaker.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Embrace of the Serpent* (2015), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/embrace-of-the-serpent.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford* (2026), Director of Photography
- *On Becoming a Guinea Fowl* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Rebel Ridge* (2024), Director of Photography
- *War Pony* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Butcher's Crossing* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Kings of the World* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Last Son* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Wildland* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Sticks and Stones* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Birds of Passage* (2018), Director of Photography — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/birds-of-passage.md)
- *Sal* (2018), Director of Photography
- *I Am Not a Witch* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Sacrifice* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Storylines* (2017), Camera Operator
- *Embrace of the Serpent* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/embrace-of-the-serpent.md)
- *Violence* (2015), Director of Photography
- *El laberinto* (2012), series, Director of Photography

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