About

Ursula Matos Wiederhold

She is a Mexican director of photography, producer, and director based in Mexico City. She has built a broad career spanning fiction and documentary work, exploring sensibility through technical experimentation both underwater and on land.
She studied Film and TV at CENTRO, where she is currently pursuing the Cinematography specialization. Soon-to-be rescue scuba diver, specializing in underwater photography, passionate about how light behaves and interacts with its surrounding atmosphere, and how the camera engages with the semiotics of an audiovisual piece to construct new worlds. Her work is defined by distinctive atmospheres and a drive to push technical elements to their limits in order to create new aesthetics.
During the last years, she's worked across fiction, documentary, and publicity. As a director of photography, her work includes ten short films presented in festivals like FICM, SBIFF, BogoShorts, and cinetecas across the country. In directing and production, she's worked on more than nine short films and several advertising campaigns.