Esteban is an award-winning director, editor and cinematographer of
documentary films who has worked for several UK television
channels, including the BBC and Channel 4.
He made his first feature-length documentary, The Light in the
Dark, while in his final year at film school. His second project
was a series of six documentaries about different fiestas in Spain.
One of them, The Runner, about the running of the bulls in San
Fermin, went on to win Best International Documentary and Best
Directorial Debut at the New York International Independent Film
& Television Festival. More recently his latest documentary,
War Feels Like War, has screened in festivals and on TV channels
across the world and was nominated for the prestigious Grierson
Awards.
He still works as an editor and cameraman for many tv stations and
production companies including a recent three months in Haiti as
cameraman on a documentary for Free Radical Films. Esteban filmed
important scenes of the recent uprising that were also used in
Channel 4 News reports.
Esteban teaches with DFG for the Brunel University MA in
Documentary Practice, and the MA in Visual Anthropology at
Manchester University.
Other Films
The Light in the Dark, 1998
The Runner, 2001
Documentaries Can Damage Your Health (2005)
La Semilla Vasca, in production
Awards
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