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Luis David Sansans

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Luis David Sansans
Luis David Sansans is known for Narcos: Mexico (2018), Narcos (2015) and Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014).
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      • 2 wins total

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    Known for

    Narcos: Mexico (2018)
    Narcos: Mexico
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer(as Luis Sansans)
    Wagner Moura in Narcos (2015)
    Narcos
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Benicio Del Toro in Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
    Escobar: Paradise Lost
    6.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    Kristyan Ferrer in Days of Grace (2011)
    Days of Grace
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Carlos Bolado, Verónica Merchant, Rodrigo Murray, Luis David Sansans, Marco Treviño, Roberto Bolado, Octavio Maya, Michael Ronda, and Ryan Amon in El Último Aliento (2026)
      El Último Aliento
      Short
      • cinematography by
      • 2026
    • The Gringo Hunters (2025)
      The Gringo Hunters
      6.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • The Great War (2024)
      The Great War
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Juan Pablo Medina, Alfonso Dosal, and Ester Expósito in Bandidos (2024)
      Bandidos
      6.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Dianna Agron in The Chosen One (2023)
      The Chosen One
      5.7
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Damson Idris in Snowfall (2017)
      Snowfall
      8.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2022–2023
    • Abraham Lincoln (2022)
      Abraham Lincoln
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2022
    • The Forever Purge (2021)
      The Forever Purge
      5.4
      • director of photography (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2021
    • Justin Salinger in Grant (2020)
      Grant
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Narcos: Mexico (2018)
      Narcos: Mexico
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2018–2020
    • Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Alfonso Dosal, Tenoch Huerta, and Paulina Dávila in Here on Earth (2018)
      Here on Earth
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • El último aliento
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • John Gallagher Jr. in The Belko Experiment (2016)
      The Belko Experiment
      6.2
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Wagner Moura in Narcos (2015)
      Narcos
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Kate Mara and David Oyelowo in Captive (2015)
      Captive
      5.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Si El Humo No Da Señales (2024)
      Si El Humo No Da Señales
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2024
    • Ben Cotton, Clémentine Poidatz, and Jihae in Mars (2016)
      Mars
      7.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography: second unit (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2016
    • John Gallagher Jr. in The Belko Experiment (2016)
      The Belko Experiment
      6.2
      • camera operator (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2016
    • Camilla Belle, Sean Marquette, Silverio Palacios, Sara Paxton, and Devon Werkheiser in Sundown (2016)
      Sundown
      5.4
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • Daniel Craig in Spectre (2015)
      Spectre
      6.8
      • camera operator: 'c' camera, Mexico
      • 2015
    • Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Crispin Glover, Ray Liotta, Christopher McDonald, Robert Knepper, Max Thieriot, Rhys Coiro, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson in Texas Rising (2015)
      Texas Rising
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography: second unit
      • second unit cinematographer (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2015
    • Eddie Reynolds y Los Ángeles de Acero (2014)
      Eddie Reynolds y Los Ángeles de Acero
      6.4
      • steadicam operator
      • 2014
    • Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
      Elysium
      6.6
      • camera operator: 'b' camera Mexico unit
      • 2013
    • The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)
      The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
      6.7
      • camera b operator
      • 2012
    • Mel Gibson in Get the Gringo (2012)
      Get the Gringo
      6.9
      • 'b' camera operator & steadicam (as Luis Sansans)
      • 2012
    • Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Stuart Baird, James Le Gros, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, and Zoe Saldaña in Vantage Point (2008)
      Vantage Point
      6.6
      • camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • El viaje de la nonna (2007)
      El viaje de la nonna
      6.1
      • steadicam operator
      • 2007
    • Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
      Resident Evil: Extinction
      6.2
      • camera operator: 'b' camera second unit
      • steadicam: second unit (as Luis Sansans, as Luis Sansans)
      • 2007
    • Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Itatí Cantoral, Paul Rodriguez, Jon Seda, and Lupillo Rivera in One Long Night (2007)
      One Long Night
      4.0
      • steadicam operator
      • 2007
    • Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary Crosby, Giovanna Zacarías, Mar Carrera, and Alexandra Benedetti in The Legend of Zorro (2005)
      The Legend of Zorro
      6.0
      • b camera operator second unit
      • 2005

    Producer

    • Kristyan Ferrer in Days of Grace (2011)
      Days of Grace
      6.6
      • co-producer
      • 2011
    • El gran salto
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 2005
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Luis David Sansans Arnanz

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    • Trivia
      Member of the Mexican Society of Cinematographers (AMC).

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