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# Mauricio Vidal

Cinematographer. Born in Ibagué, Colombia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1492032

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Narcos*](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) (76)

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## Biography

Mauricio Vidal is a Colombian cinematographer. Born in Ibagué in 1969, he studied social communication at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotá. He began his career as an editor on documentary travel shows, later working as a gaffer before becoming a director of photography on short films and features.

His credits include *Satanás* (2007), *Undertow* (2009, nominated for a Macondo Award for best cinematography), and *Monte Adentro* (2014, special mention at Camerimage). He served as second-unit cinematographer on the first season of *Narcos* (2015) and worked as a camera operator on *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan*. Later projects include *La Suprema* (2023) and *The Lost Children* (2024). He has received multiple Macondo Award nominations and is a founding member of the Colombian Association of Directors of Photography.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, proimagenescolombia.com, imdb.com, mauriciovidal.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Salsa Lives* (2025), Cinematography
- *Les secrets des fresques d'Amazonie* (2025), Cinematography
- *Gris* (2025), Cinematography
- *The Lost Children* (2024), Director of Photography
- *La Suprema* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Bridges Over the Sea* (2023), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *Afwaah* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The New Life* (2023), Cinematography
- *Rebellion* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Best Families* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Keyla* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Narcos* (2015), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *The Boss* (2011), Cinematography
- *Undertow* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Satanás - Profile of a Killer* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The History of the Pink Trunk* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Chronic City* (2005), Director of Photography
- *El Ojo de Dios* (2002), Cinematography
- *Bogotá 2016* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Martinis al Atardecer*, Cinematography

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