---
name: "Kiko de la Rica"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kiko-de-la-rica"
fi1m_id: "kiko-de-la-rica"
imdb_id: "nm0209364"
tmdb_id: 16437
wikidata_id: "Q12261460"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "6 April 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:13:32.082883+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kiko de la Rica

## Identity

Kiko de la Rica

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kiko-de-la-rica
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kiko-de-la-rica
- **IMDb ID:** nm0209364
- **TMDB ID:** 16437
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12261460
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiko_de_la_Rica, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12261460, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16437

Cinematographer. Born 6 April 1965 in Bilbao, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 6 April 1965, Bilbao, Spain
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiko_de_la_Rica, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12261460, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16437

## Coming up

- *Carapace* (2026-10-14), Cinematography

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Blancanieves*](https://film.one/film/blancanieves.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kiko de la Rica is a Spanish cinematographer. Born in Bilbao in 1965, he studied photography and began working in advertising, television and short films in the late 1980s. His first feature credit was on *Salto al vacío* (1995).

He has collaborated frequently with directors including Álex de la Iglesia, Julio Medem and Pablo Berger. His credits include *Common Wealth* (2000), *Sex and Lucía* (2001), *The Last Circus* (2010), *Witching & Bitching* (2013) and *ma ma* (2015). He won the Goya Award for Best Cinematography for *Blancanieves* (2012) and received further nominations for several of his other films.

*Sources: es.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blancanieves* (2012), Fi1m 81, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/blancanieves.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Carapace* (2026), Cinematography
- *Aida, the Movie* (2026), Director of Photography
- *All in Favor* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Un lío de millones* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Family Affairs* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Other* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The House Among the Cactuses* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Voy a pasármelo bien* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Kinka* (2021), Cinematography
- *Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Unboxing Ibai* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Valley of the Dead* (2020), Director of Photography
- *4x4* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Despite Everything* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Tree of Blood* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Empowered* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Abracadabra* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Kiki: Love to Love* (2016), Director of Photography
- *ma ma* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Francis: Pray for Me* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Words with Gods* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Witching & Bitching* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Blancanieves* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/blancanieves.md)
- *As Luck Would Have It* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Last Circus* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Return to Hansala* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Oxford Murders* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Guantanamero* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Mataharis* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Días de cine* (2007), Director of Photography
- *El Calentito* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Torapia* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán* (2003), Photoscience Manager
- *Soccer Days* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Chill Out!* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Torremolinos 73* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Sex and Lucía* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Killer Housewives* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Sabotage!!* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Common Wealth* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Pecata minuta* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Entre todas las mujeres* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Muerto de amor* (1996), Cinematography
- *Salto al vacío* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Das seltsame Ende eines Frühstücks in der Ewigkeit* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Killer Mirindas* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Victor's Kingdom* (1990), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography 2022: Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea*
- Goya Award for Best Cinematography 2022: Goya Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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