Eduard Grau

In January 2021, he became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

• Name — Eduard Grau • Born — 1981 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain • Other Names — Edu Grau • Organization — American Society of Cinematographers Eduard "Edu" Grau (born 1981) is a Spanish cinematographer.

Grau was born in Barcelona. He graduated from the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain) and the National Film and Television School (Beaconsfield, UK). Grau shot his first feature, Honor of the Knights by Catalan auteur Albert Serra, at age 23. It was screened in the Director's Fortnight section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival alongside works by David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant and William Friedkin. After shooting his follow-up film Kicks with director Lindy Heymann, Grau was hired to be the cinematographer for fashion designer Tom Ford's film A Single Man starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore at age 27. i-D magazine included the film on its list of the "35 most stylish films of all time". After Grau's fourth feature film, Finisterrae, was praised for its "splendid" and "painterly" imagery, he took on the challenging task to shoot Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds – a 95-minute film entirely set in a coffin underground. While 2011's The Awakening was met with mixed reviews, critics noted that the film "looks great" and lauded "Eduard Grau’s elegant cinematography". Grau lensed the music video for Lady Gaga's 2011 song Born This Way, directed by Nick Knight. The video won Gaga Best Female Video and Best Video with a Message at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Grau also worked on campaigns for brands including Adidas, Apple, Gatorade, Nissan and Volkswagen.

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 2008 — Kiss of Death — Paul Unwin — TV movie • 2009 — Coming Up — Jo McInnes O. Nathapon — Episodes "Pornography" and "Raising Baby Rio"

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 2008 — 3MW: Rivers of Blood — Miniseries • 2013 — Cinéma, de notre temps — Gabe Klinger — Episode "Double Play: James Benning et Richard Linklater" • 2015 — Frontline — Angus MacQueen — Episode "Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty" • 2022 — They Call Me Magic — Rick Famuyiwa — Miniseries

Eduard Grau is recorded with the occupation film screenwriter. Recorded as having studied at National Film and Television School and Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia.

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 2006 — Honor of the Knights — Albert Serra — With Christophe Farnarier • 2009 — Kicks — Lindy Heymann • A Single Man — Tom Ford • 2010 — Buried — Rodrigo Cortés • Finisterrae — Sergio Caballero • 2011 — The Awakening — Nick Murphy • 2012 — Arthur Newman — Dante Ariola — With Paula Huidobro • Animals — Marçal Forés • 2013 — A Single Shot — David M. Rosenthal • 2014 — Suite Française — Saul Dibb • 2015 — The Gift — Joel Edgerton • Suffragette — Sarah Gavron • 2016 — Trespass Against Us — Adam Smith • 2018 — Gringo — Nash Edgerton • Boy Erased — Joel Edgerton • Quién te cantará — Carlos Vermut • 2020 — The Way Back — Gavin O'Connor • 2021 — Passing — Rebecca Hall • 2024 — Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Mark Molloy • The Room Next Door — Pedro Almodóvar

• Year — Title — Director • 2007 — Scarlet Sunrise — Himself Edward Edwards • 2008 — Steel Homes — Eva Weber

• Year — Title — Director — Note • 2012 — No Place on Earth — Janet Tobias — With César Charlone, Sean Kirby and Peter Simonite