Nicolás Villegas

Nicolás Villegas

Nascimento : 1976-05-19, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

História

Originally from Colombia, Villegas earned a master’s degree in direction of photography in the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School and has since gone on to collaborate with a number of international directors in several countries. Villegas's work has included commercial projects and feature-length and short independent films, as well as two stereoscopic stop-motion animated short films for Oscar-winning BreakThru Films. Villegas is currently an active member of the Colombian Society of Cinematographers (ADFC) and the Polish Society of Cinematographers (PSC).

Perfil

Nicolás Villegas

Filmes

Faithbreaker
Director of Photography
Ania, after years of absence, comes to her hometown to spend the last months of her life with her mother, Mara. The girl finds Alek in the village, with whom she experienced her first adolescent love. The meeting of these two will trigger a series of unexpected events, and for Mary, it will be one of the most difficult challenges in her life.
Dear Child
Director of Photography
A documentary which follows the lives of children recovering from their involvement with the drug war in Brazil. Set in a rehabilitation centre on the edge of the jungle, Dear Child follows a group of kids who have been rescued from the drug war, as they learn to become children again and not soldiers or drug addicts.
The Fear
Director of Photography
The communal memory of killings which took place following World War II in the Dębrzyna forest in south-east Poland, featuring accounts from those who witnessed the atrocities as children. It was a time when many people were returning from forced labour in Germany, with no idea that they might become victims of the attacks being perpetrated by the marauding bandits who had overrun the area. The residents of the nearby villages knew what was going on in the forest, yet never intervened because they were “living in fear” themselves.
Pollywood
Director of Photography
Pollywood is a universal and exciting story about courage and desperation, set against the background of the history of the Dream Factory and contemporary Hollywood. Paweł Ferdek overcomes successive obstacles on his way to learn its deepest secrets. He reaches producers, who reveal to him how they succeeded on their own. Ferdek takes us around the great American Dream, which is the foundation of today’s film industry. Will his dream of Hollywood also come true?
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Director of Photography
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.
Soren - Uma Relação Quase Perfeita
Director of Photography
Paloma e Amaru têm um relacionamento quase perfeito... Até que Soren aparece e vira tudo de cabeça para baixo.
Heavy Mental
Director of Photography
An unemployed actor, suffering from a mental block, is offered to play a tragicomic part in his own life. In return for a flat, he is meant to pick up a girl and then “transfer” her to his employer.
Mother Earth
Director of Photography
Maciek is no longer a boy, but has not yet become a man. He wants to satisfy the ambitions of his father, and - as everyone in the family - be a butcher. But he is too sensitive to make an animal suffer. The boy directs all his warm feelings towards an old, neglected orchard - the only memory of his mother - and discovers his supernatural abilities.
Such a Landscape
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Lacking a traditional plot, the non-linear story follows the path of emotions and sensations. Based on actual events the film shows five acts – Miracle, Atonement, Regret, Prayer, Forgiveness – that might help us overcome the fear of death…
Normal People
Director of Photography
Daniel has just been released from prison and is trying to make a new life for himself. Between taking care of his alcoholic mother and finding a job, he might be able to find some happiness and normalcy in a new relationship.
Fat Hamster
Director of Photography
The male hamster wants to eat, but his female mate doesn't want him to be fat.