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Daniela Cajías
Born1981 (age 42–43)
La Paz, Bolivia
EducationEICTV
OccupationCinematographer

Daniela Cajías (born 1981) is a Bolivian cinematographer.

Life and career

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Cajías was born in 1981 in La Paz,[1] to Francisco Cajías [es] and María Eugenia Muñoz, both active in the 1980s Bolivian film industry.[2] She received formal training in photography in Buenos Aires.[1] After graduating in 2008 from the Cuban EICTV, she has worked in Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain.[1] Early works include credits in films such as La eterna noche de las doce lunas [es] (2013), Two Irenes (2017),[1] and Después de ti (2021).[3] Daniela Cajías settled in Spain in 2015.[3] Her work in Schoolgirls (2020) won her a Goya Award for Best Cinematography (becoming the first female cinematographer to earn the award), a Gaudí Award and a Platino Award for Best Cinematography nomination.[4] She then lensed Alcarràs (2022, earning nominations to the Gaudí Awards, the Goya Awards, and the Platino Awards)[5][6][7] and the television miniseries The Left-Handed Son (2023).[8]

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