Valentín Álvarez, teacher of the International Masters in Digital Cinematography of EFTI, is well known for his work as Director of Photography in ¿Cuánto pesa su edificio, señor Foster? (2010); nominated best Spanish documentary in the Goya Prizes in 2011(apart from awarded first prize at the Internationaal Documentaire Filmfestival von Leuven and selected like many others in Berlin, China or San Sebastián) and Centro Histórico (2012), directed by Manoel de Oliveira, Víctor Erice, Pedro Costa and Aki Kaurismäki.
He has been responsible for the Direction of Photography from many others TV commercials for brands such as Calvo, Adidas, Canal+, Multiópticas or videoclips for Andrés Calamaro, Ana Belén, Sober or Miguel Bosé and he also has been light designer in theatre plays.