Santiago Racaj

Santiago Racaj

Director

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Biography

Santiago Racaj (1966) has more than twenty-five years of experience in the sector. He has made cinmatography of hundreds of commercials, multiple documentaries, music videos and more than fifteen feature films, including 'La Virgen de Agosto' (2019), 'Viaje al cuarto de una madre' (2018), 'Verano 1993' (2017) or 'Magical Girl' (2014). He has been a photojournalist for news programs and documentaries for TV, and steadicam operator since 1990. He currently combines cinematographic photography direction and advertising work with teaching as a professor of the Diploma in Cinematography Direction and as coordinator of the Master in Cinematographic Photography Direction at ECAM.

Photo

Santiago Racaj 1

Representative Works

Querido Fotogramas
Querido Fotogramas
4.0
/ Spanish
A Son
A Son
8.0
/ Spanish
Magical Girl
Magical Girl
7.3
/ Spanish
La luz
La luz
7.0
/ Spanish
Summer 1993
Summer 1993
7.0
/ Catalan
Subsuelo
Subsuelo
6.3
/ Spanish
Wounded
Wounded
5.1
/ Spanish
Dying
Dying
4.5
/ Spanish
The August Virgin
The August Virgin
6.4
/ Spanish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Querido Fotogramas
2018Nominee

Best Director

Querido Fotogramas

A Son
2026Winner

Best Director

A Son

Magical Girl
2014Nominee

Best Director

Magical Girl

Career Highlights

The Other Way Around
2024Highlight

Best Director

The Other Way Around

La luz
2026Highlight

Best Director

La luz

Video