Description

Independent Film Director / Cinematographer

LucaPiercey.com

Brit director/cinematographer based in Barcelona (hablo español) with a focus on documentary. Over a decade in the industry, many years as a gaffer.

Sony FX6 owner, with lenses, lights and sound (and action). Full driving license.

(Director y director de fotografía británico afincado en Barcelona [hablo español] especializado en documental. Más de una década en la industria, muchos años como gaffer. Propietario de una Sony FX6, con lentes, luces y sonido [y acción]. Carnet de conducir completo.)

Winner - Best Documentary - The Doula

Soho London Independent 2025

Winner - Best Short Documentary - The Doula

Lift-Off Season Awards 2025

Winner - Best Spanish Language documentary - Los Jugadores (The Players)

Seven Colors (México) 2020

Nominated - Best Short Screenplay - Angus Gets Ghosted

Romford Horror 2025

Nominated - Best Comedy Horror - Angus Gets Ghosted

Unrestricted View Horror 2024

Special Mention - Remote Radio

London Rocks 2022

Co-founder of Awevo Films with James Chegwyn

Wow. I’m genuinely impressed. Slick without being corporate. Genuine without being worthy or cutesy. Some of the camera work reminds me of American indie filmmaking.

- Testimonial from COP26 'Food for the Planet' Commissioner

Doklab Navarra residency program 2023

Screen Cornwall New Writer's Network 2021

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent
Italian
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Barcelona (up to 50km), Madrid (up to 10km)

Awevo Films
Director / Cinematographer
February 2021 - February 2025 (4 years)
Barcelona, Spain
• The Doula (short doc) Doulas UK
• Polyhalite Crop Nutrients Investors (in post) Gorilla Gorilla/AngloAmerican
• Sicily Shipwrecks (in post) Sunk Costs/Sikelia Films
• The Scorpios 'Mashena' (music promo) Orchard Music
• Yasir Taha 'Salam' (music promo) Khartoum Musicians Assoc.
• Breadwinners (advert) Breadwinners
• COP26 - Food for the Planet (short doc) Sustain
• Smugglers Festival 2021 (advert) Smugglers Records
• Giant Ferrara 'Sunday' (music promo) Spain Giant Ferrara
• Remote Radio (short)
• The Soft & Whippy Jam Band 'Brazilian Girl' (music promo)
• Los Jugadores (short doc) (2020) Mexico FMJDAT (Mexico Indigenous Sports Assoc.)
• Molly Hocking's Guide to St Ives (short doc) Soundbytes/Polydor
• Making Waves (short doc)
• The Soft & Whippy Jam Band 'Rather Summer' (music video)
• Smugglers Festival 10th Anniversary (promo) Smugglers Records
• The Photographer (short)
• Coffee Club (short)
Freelance
Cameraman / B-cam
June 2020 - Today (6 years)
• The B@it Season 5 (mini-series) James Chegwyn
• NatGeo Explorer Spots (socials) James Chegwyn
• Lyma Perinatal supplements (advert) Josh Trigg
• Rosie Lowe 'Paris Texas' (promo) James Chegwyn
Freelance
Gaffer
June 2016 - Today (10 years)
• UW - Ben Fogle (advert) Max Clendaniel
• Some of the Effects of Lying (feature) Adam Singodia
• The B@it Season 4 (mini-series) James Chegwyn
• Net-A-Porter - July Tiktok Reels (advert) Ruaraid Achilleos
• Xoftex (feature 2nd Unit) Germany Noaz Deshe
• Sarah Proctor 'Lost' (promo) Simon Plunkett
• Hattie Do No Harm (short) James Chegwyn
• Greentea Peng press shots (stills) William Spooner
• Williams F1 Paul McNamara (advert) Simon Shen
• Dyson 'The Gift of Healthier Hair (advert) Tom Turley
• Keaton 'Ambulance' (promo) Max Witting
• Raissa 'Crowded' (promo) James Chegwyn
• Jennifer Rose - 'Magnetismo' (dance) México Ernesto Madrigal
• Rosewood - Krug (advert) México Cory Gehr
• Diluvio Estudio - Letelefono (promo) Ecuador James Chegwyn
• Morning Prod. - Morning (feature) Annette Remler
• YouGov - Unite Kurdistan (short) Iraq Max Witting