Oriol Andrés Gallart

I am a journalist, documentary filmmaker and TV producer, mainly covering Europe and the Middle East. Currently based in Barcelona, I specialized on international politics and social issues, with a focus on human rights, migrations, social movements and peace and conflict resolution. 

I was based in Beirut from 2013 until 2021. I was videojournalist, editor and co-producer for TV3, the Catalan leading TV channel, covering breaking news in Lebanon, Syria and across the Middle East, and producing long form documentaries. That gave me the opportunity to cover some of the main recent events in the region such as the war against ISIS in Iraq, the conflict in Gaza, Erdogan’s grip on power in Turkey and the wave of social movements against corruption and failing governments in Lebanon and Iraq. I was also the Middle East stringer for Cadena SER (2017-2021), Spanish leading radio station, producing news reports and feature audio pieces for all its programs. My works has been also published and broadcasted in Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle TV, Middle East Eye, Ruptly TV, Inter Press Service News, Afkar/Ideas magazine and Eldiario.es, among others.

Since my return to Barcelona, I have worked as a director, DoP, and screenwriter on documentaries in Colombia, Guyana, and Spain. I also worked as a camera operator on two coverages in Ukraine for France 24's Spanish channel (March 2022 and July 2022).

I am the author of the book ‘Siria. Els rostres de la revolució’ about the civil resistance movement in Syria, published in 2024.

I’ve also produced narrative content as a video journalist and photographer for NGOs such as Oxfam, International Rescue Committee and Terre des Hommes Italy.

I’m the co-founder of Contrast Journalist Group, an organisation that advocates that journalism has a social role and is a tool for societal transformation. At Contrast we have produced several documentaries on the post-war social, economical and political effects in Colombia, Africa or the Balkans. 

Since 2011, I've been the international editor for Directa magazine, an independent and cooperative investigative media based in Barcelona.

I graduated with a BS in Journalism and a Master in Creative Documentary by University Pompeu Fabra. I also obtained a Graduate Diploma in Conflicts and Peace Communication.

My work has been awarded twice the Joan Gomis Memorial Solidarity Journalism Prize for 'The refugee Somalia', a written feature published in 2010;  and for the documentary 'Lebanon. Pact of Silence', which aired in 2012.