Néstor Almendros documentary begins production for Bouzereau
Laurent Bouzereau directs the feature documentary Néstor, produced by J.A. Bayona and narrated by Javier Bardem, with shoots in five cities and Cuba.
Production on Néstor, a feature documentary about the cinematographer Néstor Almendros, begins this week, according to Deadline. Laurent Bouzereau directs the film, which is produced by J.A. Bayona alongside Bouzereau, Belén Atienza, Markus Keith and Óscar Romagosa.
Javier Bardem narrates the documentary, reading words Almendros himself wrote. The screenplay is by Esteve Riambau and Josep Maria Civit, who is also the cinematographer. Shooting is scheduled to run over several months in Barcelona, Paris, London, New York and Cuba.
The film is a Spanish-American co-production backed by the ICAA and Movistar Plus+.
Who Almendros was
Almendros won the Best Cinematography Oscar in 1978 for Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, becoming the first Spaniard to win an Oscar. He was born in Barcelona in 1930, at the end of the Spanish Civil War and during Franco's dictatorship, and his family went into exile in Cuba.
He later settled in Paris and became one of the leading cinematographers of the Nouvelle Vague. Almendros died in New York in 1992 from AIDS.
Bouzereau's previous documentaries include Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, JAWS@50: The Definitive Inside Story and Faye.
Quick answers
Who is directing the Néstor Almendros documentary?
Laurent Bouzereau directs Néstor, with J.A. Bayona among the producers.
Who narrates the documentary?
Javier Bardem narrates, reading words written by Néstor Almendros.
Where is the documentary being filmed?
Shooting takes place over several months in Barcelona, Paris, London, New York and Cuba.