About

Jordi Esgleas is a Barcelona-based self-shooting filmmaker and freelance cinematographer specializing in international documentaries and high-end branded content. With over 27 years of experience, he has worked in more than 40 countries, bringing his distinctive vision to projects of all scales and budgets.

In the documentary field, Jordi has served as director of photography for major platforms and production companies, including Disney+, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Dogwoof, Boardwalk Pictures (Chef’s Table), Anomaly Content & Entertainment (Free Solo), Skydance, Intuitive Pictures, Bloomberg, Arte TV, France Télévisions, and NBC, among others.

His films have been selected at over 80 international festivals, including Oscar-qualifying events such as Hot Docs, Raindance, Doc Edge, and DOC NYC, as well as other notable festivals like the Málaga Film Festival and IN-EDIT Barcelona. His work has also earned prestigious accolades, including Winer at Cinema for Peace 2025 (The Click Trap Dir. by Peter Porta), Gold Award for Best Cinematography at the Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles for Part of Me, Anuar Khalify by Yasiin Bey, which he directed.

Recently, Jordi collaborated as a cinematographer with Evan Hayes (Free Solo, 2018 – Academy Award for Best Documentary) and Pedro Kos (Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Short in 2021, director of The Great Hack, 2019 Netflix).

In the commercial sphere, he has worked with global brands such as Danone, Zara, Bentley Motors, Oysho, Xiaomi, Leica Ambassadors, Silversea, and Volkswagen. He has also maintained a long-term collaboration with The Macallan for over five years, capturing iconic figures such as Mike Newell, David Carson, Steve McCurry, Mogwai, Simple Minds, Craig Armstrong, The Roca Brothers (El Celler de Can Roca), and Chang Chen, among many others.

Jordi is a traveler at heart and one of the only two people with whom I’ve visited all the seven continents. From the beginning, his artistic eye for tasteful framing caught my attention. But behind the camera, he reveals other valuable traits. Everyone who worked with him notices his work ethics; he never gives up, he's passionate, meticulous and always ready for the next shoot, be it in a frozen landscape or under a scorching desert sun. Over the years working together, Jordi became a close friend and a professional I hold in deep esteem.

Steve McCurry

Photographer

Robert Capa Gold Medal | National Press Photographers Award | First Prize World Press Photo Contest (4 times) | Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Royal Photographic Society in London | International Photography Hall of Fame.

“Over the last decade, Jordi and I have made several feature-length documentaries and high-profile commercials together. His passion for painting stories with light, together with his unique sense of aesthetics and capacity to read the director's needs to seize the essence of a scene, a location or a character make Jordi a director's most reliable partner. A visual storyteller with an exquisite sensitivity, he shoots for the edit and consistently surprises you with innovative approaches that simply nail the shoot. Jordi's focus, his zen, his empathetic personality and his commitment are sought after traits that tie the team together and bring the film to a whole new level of excellence. He makes you grow as a director and as a human being, and this is priceless”

Denis Delestrac

Film Director | Member of the European Film Academy

"Jordi is the epitome of who you want standing shoulder-to-shoulder with you in the production trenches when the pressure is on, the nights are long, and you need to kick into high gear. A contributor, a thinker, a do-er.”

Leon Sefton

America’s Cup - Director of Production | Volvo Ocean Race - Editorial Director

"Working with Jordi is always a real pleasure. His keen editorial head, his humour, good manner always and hard work make him a favourite of the production team. But for the producer and director it’s his keen eye and artistic skills that make him an invaluable part of any production´s success"

François Gandolfi

Series Producer Director

My Kitchen Rules - Channel4 | Hairy Bikers - BBC 2 | Britain Next Big Thing - BBC 2

AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

AS A DIRECTOR

Part of Me, Anuar khalify by Yasiin Bey, 2023 Short Documentary 11 min

Independent Shorts Awards 2023 | Bronze Award For Best Documentary Short | Los Angeles. EUA
Independent Shorts Awards 2023 | Gold Award For Best Cinematography | Los Angeles. EUA
Hot Docs 2023 | Shortlisted | Toronto, Canada
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2023 | Official Selection | Newport, EUA
IN-EDIT 2023 | Official Selection | Barcelona, ESP
NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival 2023 | Official Selection | Edmonton, Alberta. Canada
Urbanworld 2023 | Official Selection | NYC. EUA
BIFF 2023 | Official Selection | Sweden
Maui Film Festival 2023 | Official Selection | Hawaii. EUA
Harlem International Film Festival 2023 | Official Selection | NYC. EUA
Cinequest Film & Vr Festiva 2023l | Official Selection | San Jose, CA. EUA
Toronto Black Film Festival 2024 | Official Selection | Toronto, Canada
Ciudad de Mexico International Film Festival 2023 | Official Selection | Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Fotofilml 2023 | Official Selection | Istambul, Turkey
New York Lift-off Film Festival | Official Selection | NYC. EUA
London Lift-off Film Festival | Official Selection | NYC. EUA
Fear No Film 2023 | Official Selection | Salt Lake City, EUA
TMFF 2023 | Official Selection |
Rome Prisma Film Awards 2023 | Finalist | Rome, Italy
Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood | Official Selection | Los Angeles. EUA
Hollywood New Directors 2023 | Official Selection | Los Angeles. EUA
Stockholm City Film Festival 2023 | Official Selection | Stockholm, Sweden
San Diego Movie Awards 2023 | Official Selection | San Diego. CA. EUA
Clermont-Ferrand Market 2023 | Short Film Market | France

A WORD TO THE WISE, 2017 | Short documentary 27 min

Mill Valley Film Festival 2018 | Official Selection | San Rafael, EUA
Audience Awards Jury Film 2018 | Jury Winner | Los Angeles, EUA
Balinale Film Festival 2018 | Official Selection | Bali, Indonesia
FICMA 2017 | Official Selection | Barcelona, Spain
Elements Film Festival 2018 | Official Selection | Vancouver, Canada
Cadaqués Short Film Festiva | Second Place | Girona, Spain
Darkroom Film Festival 2018 | Official Selection | London, UK
Sustainable Living Film Festival 2018 | Official Selection | Istanbul, Turkey
Nature Track Film festival 2019 | Official Selection | California, EUA
Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2019 | Official Selection | Nevada City, EUA
EarthxFilm Festival 2019 | Official Selection | Dallas, EUA
Lift-Off Global Network 2018 | Official Selection | Sidney, AUS
Rincón International Film Festival 2019 | Official Selection | Puerto Rico
Waterdocs Film Festival 2019 | Official Selection | Toronto, CA

VOLUNTARIS, 2012 | TV documentary 52 min

Premi Civisme als Mitjans de Comunicació de la Generalitat de Catalunya | Barcelona, Spain
Premi del Consell de Benestar Social als Mitjans de Comunicació Ajuntament de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain

AS A CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Click Trap 2024 | Documentary 90 min
HOTDOCS 2024 | Official Selection | Toronto, CA
Raindance Film Festival 2024 | Official Selection | London, UK
Doc Edge Festival 2024 | Official Selection | Christchurch, Auckland & Wellington, NZ
Docs Barcelona 2024 | Official Selection | Barcelon, ESP

McCurry, The Pursuit of Colour 2021 | Documentary 90 min

DOC NYC 2021 | Official Selection | New York, USA
Festival de Malaga | Documentales Sesiones Especiales | Malaga, Spain
DocLands 2022 | Official Selection | San Rafael, CA. USA
Glasgow Film Festival 2022 | Official Selection | Glasgow, Scotland
Boulder Film Festival 2022 | Official Selection | Colorado, USA
Salem Film Fest 2022 | Official Selection | Salem, USA

Latin Noir 2021 | Documentary 52 min

Miami Film Festival 2022 | Official Selection | Miami, USA

The New Corporation the unfortunately necessary sequel 2020 | Documentary 105 min

TIFF Toronto International Film Festival 2020 | Official Selection | Toronto, Canada
VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival | Official Selection | Vancouver, Canada
AFI FEST | Official Selection | Los Angeles, CA
World Social Forum 2021
docedge Film Festival 2020 | Official Selection | New Zealand
CPH:DOX 2021 | Official Selection | Copenhagen. Dinamarca
DOCLANDS 2021 | Official Selection | San Rafael, CA. USA

CAPTAIN´S DREAM art biennale in Antarctica. 2018 | Documentary 52 min

Deauville Awards 2018 (France) | Golden Green Award Winner
On Art Film Festival Poland 2018 | Winner
Cine Eco Festival Portugal 2018 | Official Selection |
Cinemare Germany 2018 | Official Selection |
Festiver Colombia 2018 | Official Selection |
FICMA SPAIN 2018 | Official Selection |
Re-generation SPAIN 2018 | Official Selection |

FAME 2017 | Documentary 56 min

Biografilm | Audience Award | Bologne, Italy
Muscat Film Festiva | Best Film | Oman
Grenoble Street Art Movie Festival | Best Documentary | Grenoble, France
Mar de Plata | Official Selection | Mar de Plata, Argentina
Moscow Doc Film Festival | Oficial Selection | Moscow, Rusia
Milano Film Festival | Closing Film | Milano, Italy

FREIGHTENED the real price of shipping, 2016 | Documentary 90 min

San Francisco Green Film Festival 2016 | Official Selection |
Docs Barcelona 2016 | Official Selection |
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016 (UK) | Official Selection |
Deauville Awards 2016 (France) | Golden Green Award
DIG Awards 2016 (Italy) - Finalist
Docs Barcelona-Medellín 2016 (Colombia) | Official Selection |
DREFF 2016 (República Dominicana) | Official Selection |
Vancouver International Film Festival 2016 (Canada) | Official Selection |
Another Way Film Festival 2016 (Spain) | Best Film Award |
DocsMX 2016 (México) | Selection Breaking Docs
KLEFF 2016 (Malasia) | Official Selection |
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2016 (Austria) | Official Selection |
Planet in Focus 2016 (Canada) | Official Selection |
FICMA 2016 (Spain) | Official Selection |
CAMINA-MONFIC 2016 (Uruguay) | Official Selection |
Grand Prix Écrans Publics 2016 (France) | Award
Green Fest 2016 (Serbia) | Official Selection |
Docs Barcelona-Valparaíso 2016 (Chile) | Official Selection |
Films for Transparency 2016 (Panama) | Official Selection |