Jordi Manchado was born and raised in a small village outside Barcelona. He discovered his passion for cinematography through a growing fascination with how light can transform spaces and shape emotional perception. This curiosity led him to study at ESCAC, where he specialised in cinematography with the support of an academic excellence scholarship. There, he began to understand photography as a language capable of conveying meaning and emotion through space, time and cinematic grammar.

His work is grounded in a naturalistic and organic approach, characterised by a keen interest in atmosphere, plasticity and the emotional states of characters. He is especially drawn to projects that require him to engage with spaces, people and their cultural context, allowing the visual language to evolve organically.

Passionate about creative processes, he approaches cinematography as a collaborative and caring practice, providing close support to directors throughout the film’s development. Guided by a search for honesty and sensitivity, his work places human presence and emotional truth at the centre of the cinematic experience.

He has gained experience working as part of camera teams and as a camera operator on productions for companies such as Inicia Films, Suma Content, Elastica Films, Oberon Media, Nosotromo Pictures, Netflix, Carmel.tv and Nanouk Films, to name a few.