Gorka was born in Vitoria (Spain) in 1978. He graduated in Audiovisual Journalism at the Universidad de Navarra in 2000, and in Direction of Photography of TAI Cinema School, Madrid, in 2003. He has been a director of photography since 2007.
He has been awarded the Spotlight Award by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and Tiantan Prize for Best Cinematography at Beijing International Film Festival in 2017, and nominated for the best cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2016 for his work on the feature film House of Others. In 2012 he received the Best Debut Cinematographer Award at Plus Camerimage International film festival for his second feature, Chaika.
