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name: "Pau Esteve Birba"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "15 September 1981"
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updated: "2026-09-18T08:49:15.867981+00:00"
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# Pau Esteve Birba

Cinematographer. Born 15 September 1981 in Barcelona.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 15 September 1981, Barcelona
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_Esteve_Birba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97932770, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1967127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291116

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Good Boss*](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md) (67)

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## Biography

Pau Esteve Birba is a Spanish cinematographer. Born in Barcelona in 1981, he graduated in photography from the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC). After early work as a camera operator and focus puller, he moved to Mexico in 2009 before returning to Spain for second-unit duties on the film *Buried* (2010). He later settled in Málaga.

Esteve Birba is known for his cinematography on *Cannibal* (2013), for which he received a Goya Award and the San Sebastián International Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Cinematography. He has also served as director of photography on *The Good Boss* (2021), *The Motive* (2017), *Orbiter 9* (2017), *Realive* (2016) and the series *Echo 3* (2022). He has received further Goya nominations and a Carmen Award for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, pauestevebirba.com, cineuropa.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Good Boss* (2021), Fi1m 67, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Auri* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Bitter Christmas* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Tigers* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Samaná Sunrise* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Just Kim* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite* (2023), Camera Operator
- *Echo 3* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Alegría* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Good Boss* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md)
- *The Minions of Midas* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Goodbye* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Out in the Open* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Black Bass* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Some Time Later* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Arde Madrid* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *The Motive* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Orbiter 9* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Realive* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), Camera Operator
- *It's Now or Never* (2015), Director of Photography
- *La cara B* (2015), Camera Operator
- *Beautiful Youth* (2014), Director of Photography
- *You and I* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Three Many Weddings* (2013), "B" Camera Operator
- *Cannibal* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Otel·lo* (2013), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Goya Award for Best Cinematography 2022: Goya Award for Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Good Boss*
- Goya Award for Best Cinematography 2014: Goya Award for Best Cinematography (won)

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

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