Alexandra Bas
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Alexandra Bas is a Venezuelan-Uruguayan cinematographer based in Mexico City, where she is
preparing her 3rd feature film as a cinematographer, "Lo Sagrado" by Carlos Kaiser. The film is set to
be shot in mid-2024 in 16mm. Her portfolio spans narratives, documentaries, commercials, and music
videos, including two feature films as Director of Photography: "El día es largo y oscuro" by Julio
Hernández Cordón and "Desde el Ayer" by Esteban Villagómez.
Recently chosen for the ASC Vision Mentorship Program 2023 - 2024, she's been part of Talents Buenos Aires 2014 and Project Kinomada Lanaudière 2015 in Canada. In Venezuela, she lensed the Short Film "Eva" directed by Francisco Pareja, Official Selection in Moscow International Film Festival (World Premiere), Mar del Plata Film Festival, and Montreal World Film Festival/Student Film Festival 2015. Her own work includes the short film "Hija de Puta (Daughter Whore)" as director and cinematographer during her student days at Los Andes University, Venezuela. This short qualified for the annual Academy Awards®, with 18 international selections, earning 4 international and 6 national awards.
Since she immigrated to Mexico, has shot short films like "Placebo" (a poetry-film shot in 16mm) released on Nowness and "Aguamiel" (awaiting release, represented by Lights On), both of them directed by American director Sage Bennett. Her work also shines in the Mexican Short Films "Mateo" (Trieste Science+Fiction Festival) by Fernando Perezgil and "Un mundo raro" by Eugenia Llaguno.
As part of the female representative movement, Alexa is member of Apertura DOP (the Mexican Association of women cinematographers), as well as of The ICFC International collective of female cinematographers, Sporas, Free The Work and Array Crew.
Recently chosen for the ASC Vision Mentorship Program 2023 - 2024, she's been part of Talents Buenos Aires 2014 and Project Kinomada Lanaudière 2015 in Canada. In Venezuela, she lensed the Short Film "Eva" directed by Francisco Pareja, Official Selection in Moscow International Film Festival (World Premiere), Mar del Plata Film Festival, and Montreal World Film Festival/Student Film Festival 2015. Her own work includes the short film "Hija de Puta (Daughter Whore)" as director and cinematographer during her student days at Los Andes University, Venezuela. This short qualified for the annual Academy Awards®, with 18 international selections, earning 4 international and 6 national awards.
Since she immigrated to Mexico, has shot short films like "Placebo" (a poetry-film shot in 16mm) released on Nowness and "Aguamiel" (awaiting release, represented by Lights On), both of them directed by American director Sage Bennett. Her work also shines in the Mexican Short Films "Mateo" (Trieste Science+Fiction Festival) by Fernando Perezgil and "Un mundo raro" by Eugenia Llaguno.
As part of the female representative movement, Alexa is member of Apertura DOP (the Mexican Association of women cinematographers), as well as of The ICFC International collective of female cinematographers, Sporas, Free The Work and Array Crew.