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name: "Xavi Giménez"
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fi1m_id: "xavi-gimenez"
imdb_id: "nm0319885"
tmdb_id: 37952
wikidata_id: "Q3570587"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T02:50:13.517913+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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# Xavi Giménez

## Identity

Xavi Giménez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/xavi-gimenez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** xavi-gimenez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0319885
- **TMDB ID:** 37952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3570587
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavi_Gim%C3%A9nez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3570587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37952

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1970 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavi_Gim%C3%A9nez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3570587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37952

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Agora*](https://film.one/film/agora.md) (66)

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## Biography

Xavi Giménez is a Spanish cinematographer born in Barcelona in 1970. He began working in film as a camera operator and assistant before moving to features in the late 1990s.

He is known for his work on *The Machinist* (2004), *Transsiberian* (2008) and *Agora* (2009), the last of which earned him the Goya Award for Best Cinematography. Giménez has frequently collaborated with directors including Brad Anderson, Alejandro Amenábar and Jaume Balagueró, and has also directed feature films.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agora* (2009), Fi1m 66, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/agora.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Idols* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Penguin Lessons* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Journey to Bethlehem* (2023), Cinematography
- *Marlowe* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Offering to the Storm* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Legacy of the Bones* (2019), Director of Photography
- *To Dust* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Mirage* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Marrowbone* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Invisible Guest* (2017), Director of Photography
- *100 Meters* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The One-Eyed King* (2016), Director of Photography, Producer
- *Palm Trees in the Snow* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Ultraviolet* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Liberator* (2013), Director of Photography
- *I Want You* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Red Lights* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Lock Up* (2010), Director
- *Spanish Movie* (2009), as Luis Boyarrás (voice)
- *Agora* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/agora.md)
- *Coffins of Light* (2009), Director of Photography
- *TransSiberian* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Summer Rain* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Abandoned* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Fragile* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Hipnos* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Machinist* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Darkness* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Intacto* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Nameless* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Genesis* (1998), Cinematography
- *Walter Peralta* (1993), Cinematography

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Goya Award for Best Cinematography 2009: Goya Award for Best Cinematography (won)
- Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography 2004: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography (won), for *The Machinist*

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

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