Vasco Alves Henriques Lucas Nunes (born December 13, 1974 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese cinematographer, producer, and film director. In 2003, and graduated from the AFI Conservatory with a masters in Cinematography, yet had begun working in the film and television industry in the early '90s.His work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and has garnered international cinematography awards, two Grand Jury Prizes at Sundance, a Peabody Award, a Golden Eagle Award for Investigative Journalism from CINE, an International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Special Jury Prize, and film selections at all major film festivals, including Cannes and Sundance, as well as executed major advertising campaigns and music projects.
March 11, 2016, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Profession
Cinematographer, Camera Department, Producer
Education
AFI Conservatory
Nationality
Portuguese, American
Siblings
Álvaro Núñez de Balboa, Gonzalo Núñez de Balboa, Juan Núñez de Balboa
Movies
Dig!, Planet B-Boy, Join Us, We Live in Public, Battle of the Year: The Dream Team, Sunshine Superman, Sway, Vlogumentary, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Greystone, IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU'D BE HOME ALREADY
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2016
Documentary
Vlogumentary
2016
Documentary
Truth and Power
2016
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Hana Grows a Tail
2016
Short
The Mark Gonzales Ride
2015
Documentary short
CNN NewsCenter
2014-2015
TV Series documentary 4 episodes
Light Girls
2015
Documentary
Our Food Chain
2014
Documentary director of photography
Sunshine Superman
2014
Documentary
Sway
2014
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Already
2014
Short
Trentemøller: Gravity
2014
Video short
32 Hours 7 minutes
2013
Documentary
Beautiful Faces
2012
Documentary
Greystone
2012
Short
Oprah Builds a Network
2012
Documentary
MTV: Generation Youth
2011
Short
The Ballad of Josefa X
2010
Short
Mario's Green House
2009
TV Series
The Road to Exile
2008
TV Series documentary
Nimrod Nation
2007
TV Series documentary
It's Not Big It's Large
2007
Video documentary
Planet B-Boy
2007
Documentary
Recycle
2004/I
Documentary short
Dig!
2004
Documentary
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
2017
Documentary camera operator
Before the Flood
2016
Documentary additional photography
Sunshine Superman
2014
Documentary additional camera
Return to Zero
2014
camera operator
Making a Scene
2013
Short camera operator
Battle of the Year
2013
b camera operator / second unit cinematographer
Rampart
2011
camera operator: "b" camera - as Vasco Lucas Nunes
Meet Monica Velour
2010
camera operator / camera operator: "b" camera / director of photography: second unit
Rubicon
2009
Short gaffer
We Live in Public
2009
Documentary camera operator
American Teen
2008
Documentary additional photography
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
2008
Documentary additional camera operator / cinematographer: second unit
Planet B-Boy
2007
Documentary still photographer
Road to Perdition
2002
assistant camera: Los Angeles - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sunshine Superman
2014
Documentary consulting producer
We Live in Public
2009
Documentary co-producer
It's Not Big It's Large
2007
Video documentary producer
Join Us
2007
Documentary producer
Recycle
2004/I
Documentary short producer
Dig!
2004
Documentary co-producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
It's Not Big It's Large
2007
Video documentary
Recycle
2004/I
Documentary short
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Light Girls
2015
Documentary second unit director
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Recycle
2004/I
Documentary short
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
EC Award
Emerging Cinematographer Awards
Recycle (2004)
Known for movies
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016) as Cinematographer
$20 Million
