Andrea González Mereles is a Mexican director of photography specialising in narrative storytelling. She studied at some of the most prestigious institutions; Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Maine Media Workshops and College in Maine and the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles. She is a 2014 Fulbright Scholar, a 2017 Film Independent Project Involve Fellow, a 2019 Berlinale Talents participant and a 2023 Women in Film Cinematography Fellow .
Andrea is a proud member of the International Collective of Female Cinematographers (I.C.F.C.) and the Apertura Mexican Collective of Female Cinematographers. Her films have been screened at numerous international film festivals, including the Vienna International Film Festival, Zurich International Film Festival, LA Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival, among others.
Her commercial credits include work for Netflix, RAM, Ford, Bank of America, and Heineken. Andrea lensed the feature film Cancuncito, directed by Isael Rodriguez and Carlos Marulanda, which received a production grant from the prestigious FOCINE (sponsored by the Mexican Ministry of Culture) and LALIFF’s post production award LFI Works in Progress (sponsored by Amazon MGM Studios). She recently shot a feature documentary (digital and film) on the iconic Mexican pop band RBD during their comeback tour directed by J.M. Cravioto and Rodrigo Guardiola. She just wrapped shooting her most recent feature, a period film shot on Super 16mm with Puerto Rican-American director Omar Rodríguez-López.
With over 10 years of experience as a director of photography, her true interest lies in the art of telling stories. Cinematography is a professional journey she’s embarked on but it's also a personal one. Her intention is to understand what it means to be a human being; weaknesses, strengths and doubts, to portray it in her body of work. Andrea is based in between Los Angeles and Mexico City.
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