David Acereto "Barbate", graduated in Cinematography at the Séptima Ars Film School in Madrid in 1995. He began his career as Director of Photography after having shot more than forty films as a Camera Operator since 2001, the year he made his debut with the film En la ciudad sin límites by Antonio Hernández.​​

During this stage he combined his work as a camera operator with second units DoP in feature films  and documentary series for HBO. ​It is in 2018 when he becomes one of the directors of photography in the television series THE PIER.​​