---
name: "Mauro Herce"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mauro-herce"
fi1m_id: "mauro-herce"
imdb_id: "nm1761501"
tmdb_id: 971986
wikidata_id: "Q51481556"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:15:53.296227+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."
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# Mauro Herce

## Identity

Mauro Herce

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mauro-herce
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mauro-herce
- **IMDb ID:** nm1761501
- **TMDB ID:** 971986
- **Wikidata ID:** Q51481556
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51481556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1761501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/971986

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1976 in Barcelona.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Barcelona
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51481556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1761501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/971986

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Sirāt*](https://film.one/film/sirat.md) (83)

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## Biography

Mauro Herce is a Spanish cinematographer and director. Born in Barcelona in 1976, he studied telecommunications engineering and fine arts before training in film at the EICTV in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris.

Herce has frequently collaborated with director Óliver Laxe, serving as director of photography on *Mimosas* (2016), *Fire Will Come* (2019) and *Sirāt* (2025). He has also worked on films including *Longa Noite* (2019) and *Samsara* (2023). He made his feature directorial debut with the documentary *Dead Slow Ahead* (2015).

Herce has received multiple awards for his cinematography, including the Goya Award for *Fire Will Come* and the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for *Sirāt*, as well as Gaudí Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sirāt* (2025), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sirat.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Vacío Luminoso* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Dance of the Living* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Sirāt* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sirat.md)
- *Eureka* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Samsara* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Sica* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Aqueronte* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Slaughterhouse* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Whisper* (2022), Thanks
- *Last Day of Summer* (2021), Thanks
- *Sycorax* (2021), Director of Photography
- *White on White* (2020), Colorist
- *The Vanished* (2020), Thanks
- *Endless Night* (2019), Director of Photography, Colorist
- *Fire Will Come* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Lonely Rivers* (2019), Director
- *Two Fridas* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Wandering Star* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Sea Stares at Us from Afar* (2018), Writer, Director of Photography
- *Comfort and Consolation in France* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Young Men at their Window* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Dead Slow Ahead* (2016), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Visual Effects, Producer
- *Mimosas* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Stubborn* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Kingston Avenue* (2013), Co-Producer, Director of Photography
- *The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Arraianos* (2012), Writer, Director of Photography
- *The Cold Call* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Day* (2011), Writer, Director of Photography
- *Ocaso* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The Forgiveness* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Pic-nic* (2008), Co-Writer, Director of Photography
- *Les amants cinéma* (2008), Colorist
- *L'art de la fugue* (2006), Camera Operator
- *Bajo Habana* (2003), Assistant Camera
- *Circe*, Director of Photography
- *Casa pairal*, Director of Photography
- *A Colónia*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography 2026: Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Sirāt*
- Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography 2020: Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Fire Will Come*
- Goya Award for Best Cinematography 2020: Goya Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Fire Will Come*
- Doclisboa/Award For Best International Competition Film 2016: Doclisboa/Award For Best International Competition Film (won), for *Dead Slow Ahead*
- Feroz Award for best documentary 2016: Feroz Award for best documentary (won), for *Dead Slow Ahead*
- Locarno International Film Festival Special Jury Prize 2015: Locarno International Film Festival Special Jury Prize (won), for *Dead Slow Ahead*

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

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