Javier Catalán
Light is my passion.
I took my first steps studying photography and painting, they were around the 70's. In the 80's I was already working as a gaffer shooting feature films. I got excited and shot about sixty movies. At the end of the 90's I was already dedicated exclusively to advertising until today. I have been fortunate to learn from the best with whom I have been able to share the passion for light.
Reel
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Mugler H&M
DoP: Nicolai Niermann
Production Company: Twentyfour-seven -
Heinken "Daniel Craig vs James Bond"
Director: Miles Jay
DoP: Chayse Irvin
Production Company: Smuggler / Twenty-four Seven -
Aston Martin DBX
Director: Daisy Zhou
DoP: Daisy Zhou
Production Company: Great Guns / Widescope -
Unlimited Power of Beauty Sephora
Director: Jonas Lindstroem
DoP: Chayse Irvin
Production Company: Iconoclast / Azul -
Nissan Ariya
Director : Kei Ohta
DoP: Laurent Rodriguez
Production Company : Tyo / N Europa /Mendips -
Gillette 'Boxhead' (feat. Messi)
Director: Bruce Hunt
DoP: Ross Emery
Production Company: Chelsea / Story -
Citroën C4 Happy days
Director: Thierry Poiraud
DoP: Matias Boucard
Production Company: Insurrection / Garage Films -
Heineken "There's more behind the star"
Director : Martin Werner
DoP: Lasse Frank
Production Company: Reset Content / Twenty-four Seven -
Citroën C4 Oh la la
Director: Thierry Poiraud
DoP: Matias Boucard
Production Company: Insurrection / Garage Films
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Contact
(+34) 610 209 896
javier@javiercatalan.com
Formal education
1977–1978 CEI: Photography
1981–1982 Escola Massana: history of art, painting
A few of the Directors of Photography I have and work with:
Robert Richardson, Joost Van Gelder, Peter Meyer, Alex Lamarque, Alex Barber, Ekkehart Pollack, Tim Maurice-Jones, Andreas Berger, Kolja Brandt, Ben Seresin, Antonio Paladino, Joaquin Baca-Asay, Arnaud Pottier, Stuart Graham, Edu Grau, Erwan Elies, Phillpippe Le Sourd, Lasse Frank, Rodrigo Prieto, Greig Fraser, Samuel Bayer, Peter Simoneti, Jeff Zwart, Stephane Fontaine, Jeans Poisson, Laurent Rodriguez, Damien Morisot, Pieter Vermeer, Glynn Speeckaert, Patrick Duroux, Darko Suvak, Iain Mackenzie, Stuart Douglas, Max Malkin, Jordan Valenti, Serge Roman, Mattias Farnstrand, Seabstian Blenkov, Olivier Schofield, Laszlo Kadar, Mario Sorrenti, Olivier Cocaul, Mattias Montero, Nicolai Brúel, Fabian Hothan, Paco Femenía, Bruno Delbonnel, Pascal Walder, Carlo Miggiano, Mark Patten, Seamus McGarvey, Linus Sandgren, Alwin Kuchler, Nicola Picorini, John Lynch, Jallo Faber, John Seale, Colin Watkinson, Henrik Stenberg, Torsten Lippstock, Kenneth Seng, Danny Hiele, Carl Nilsson, Sean Meehan, Andree Faccioli, Ze Bob, Alex Barber, Pär Ekberg and many more.
A few Production Company and products I have and work with:
RSA, @Radical Media, The Sword Fight, Euro RSGG, Rabbicorn Media, Bigfish, Stink, Savage, Markenfilm, Camp David, Smuggler, MJZ, United Visions, Stopp, Wanda Productions, Marketfilm Berlin, Film+Co, Caviar Paris, Partizan, Soup Filmproducktion, Wieden+Kennedy, Identity, Serial Pictures, Carnibird, Czar, Henry de Czar, Wonder Boys, Nose, Iconoclast, Pretty Bird, Motion Blur, DDB, HLA; Paydirt, Biscuit, Nice Shirt Films, Identity, Papaya Films, Partners Films, Tempomedia, Red Lion, Mad Cow Films, HSI; Bubbles, Atmosfar, Art Partner, Bakery Films, Paradiso, Front Desk, Smooth, Station Films, Gorgeous Films and many more.