Alejandro Arteaga Blaya
Specialty
filmmaking
Training
Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts at URJC / TAIMadrid (September 2014 – May 2018) Mention in Cinematography and Camera Operation. Final Degree Project dedicated to film capture, exhibition and preservation support. Bachelor of Film Studies at URJC / TAI, Madrid (September 2014 — May 2018) Mention in Direction of Photography and Camera.
Master's Degree in Humanities: Contemporary Art, Literature and Culture at the UOC, Barcelona (February 2021 — February 2023) Master's Thesis dedicated to the life and work of Andrei Tarkovsky, the concept of art and the figure of the artist in cinema. Master's Degree in Humanities: Contemporary Art, Literature and Culture at UOC, Barcelona (February 2021 —February 2023) Graduated with a Final Year Dissertation dedicated to the life and work of Andrei Tarkovsky, the concept of art and the figure of the artist in cinema.
Career path
He began his career in camera and lighting departments, working as a gaffer on numerous films, documentaries, television series, advertising campaigns, and music videos, eventually becoming a director of photography. He has also taught at the Madrid Film Institute (ICM). After shooting "Incinerate" (2025), his first feature film as director of photography, he combines his teaching work with advertising projects for brands such as Adidas, Scalpers, Pull&Bear, Bete Noir, O'Neill, and Chevrolet, while developing two new feature films: "Los Elogios" (2026) and "Pulso Primigenio" (2027).
He began his career in camera and lighting departments, distinguishing himself as a gaffer on numerous films, documentaries, fiction series, advertising campaigns, and music videos eventually becoming a director of photography. He has also taught at the Madrid Film Institute. After shooting "Incinerate" (2025), his first feature film as a cinematographer, he combines his teaching work with advertising projects for brands like Adidas, Scalpers, Pull&Bear, Bete Noir, O'Neill or Chevrolet while developing two new feature films: "Los Elogios" (2026) and "Pulso Primigenio" (2027).
Subjects and workshops
Lighting and Machinery (3G_CAM Degree and MACAM Master)