Francisco Domínguez was born in Tucumán, Argentina, in April, 1972. While attending the Faculty of Arts at 17 he started working as a cameraman in documentaries for Unesco. He received his diploma as Art Teacher from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tucumán and then worked in a local television station. From 1996 to 2003, he studied Cinematography at the Berlin Academy of Cinema and Television (DFFB). Under this program, he studied under renowned Directors of Photography such as Slavomir Idziak, Jost Vacano, Ciro Cappellari and Michael Ballhaus. Michael Ballhaus invited him to do an apprenticeship in the Camera Department for the film "Gangs of New York", directed by Martin Scorsese.
Throughout his studies, he filmed several short films and documentaries. As a Cameraman and Director of Photography, he participated in the Second Unit for various feature films and made-for-television movies, including "Mein Name ist Bach", "Anansi" and "Tatort: Freistoß".
As Director of Photography, he has worked in various documentaries, video clips and advertising campaigns, including Nike-Berlin, Deutsche Telekom, Stabilo, Coca-Cola (Image films), Union Fenosa (Image films), ADIF-Renfe and other.
He has also worked in six feature films:
- "Cabecita Rubia" (Director: Luis Sampieri, Argentina, 2000)
- "Ein bisschen April" (Director: Asli Özge, Germany, 2003)
- "Liebeskind" (Director: Jeanette Wagner, Germany, 2005)
- "Bis in den Tod" (Director: Bernhard Semmelrock, Austria, 2005)
- "Die Überflüssigen" (Director: Aleksandra Kumorek, Germany, 2006)
- "Transf€r". This film is filmed with the camera RED ONE (Director: Damir Lukacevic, Germany, 2010)
Between 2007 and 2008, he worked as Director of Photography for the TV Series "Herederos", broadcasted by the Spanish channel TVE-La1 (Director: Joaquín Llamas).
In this year 2010 filmed several Image Films like ADIF-RENFE and for the Archaeological Park "Campo Lameiros" in Galicia, Spain to (Image Line Productions, Madrid). He has made the Photography in two documentary films in Germany for the Canal Arte Germany/France.
He currently resides in Berlin and Madrid.
Technical Experience
Work experience: Director of Photography, 1990.
Countries experience: Spain, Italy, Switzerland, England, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia.
Languages: Spanish, German, English (basis for knowing), Italian.
HD Cameras:
- HDCAM HDW-F 900 CineAlta, HDW-730, HDW-750P
- DVCPRO-HD: AJ-HDC27F Varicam, Panasonic AG-HVX200 with P+S Adapter
- RED ONE
Digital Cameras:
- DVW-709
- 790 WSP DigiBeta
Film Cameras:
- Arriflex 435
- Arriflex 35 BL I, II, III, IVs
- Arriflex SR3 and Advanced
- Moviecam Compact and SL
- AATON XTR 16
- AATON A-Minima
Motion control:
- Arrimotion by Panther Evolution System
- MC2
Head System:
- ARRIHEAD 2
Remote Head:
- Scorpio 2
- 3-Axis
Blue- and Greenbox experience