Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki is a three-time consecutive Academy Award-winning cinematographer who has redefined visual storytelling in both feature films and high-end commercials.
Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki is a three-time consecutive Academy Award-winning cinematographer who has redefined visual storytelling in both feature films and high-end commercials. He won Best Cinematography Oscars for *Gravity* (2013), *Birdman* (2014), and *The Revenant* (2015)—the first person in Academy history to achieve this feat—and has earned eight total Oscar nominations, five ASC Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and the 2016 Royal Photographic Society Lumière Award. Signed with Park Pictures in 2011, Lubezki made his commercial directorial debut for Powerade via Wieden + Kennedy and has since directed or shot spots for Apple (iPad Air "Your Verse," iPhone 12 Pro, Apple TV "The Storytellers"), Nike (co-directed "Dream Crazy" starring Colin Kaepernick, which won Cannes Grand Prix and a 2019 Emmy), Absolut ("One Night" via BBH London, winning Epica and One Show VFX awards), Coca-Cola, Visa, Samsung, Rolex, Sony, Lavazza, and KIND Snacks. His work is distinguished by pioneering natural-light cinematography, continuous uninterrupted takes, wide-angle documentary framing, and immersive camera motion. For *Gravity*, he co-invented a 20-foot LED light box; for *Birdman*, he choreographed the film as one seamless take. Recent projects include Apple's *Disclaimer* series (2025 Emmy nomination) and Iñárritu's *DIGGER*.
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