Beristain worked as documentary and newsreel cameraman throughout Europe, covering sensitive political, social, and ecological issues. Accepted by the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England, one of the top film schools in the world, he shot Jenny Wilkes’ Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Student Film, “Mother’s Wedding.” Besides endless additional photography for Marvel films, he just finished ITEM # 47, the Marvel One-Shot short which opened with great success at COMICON 2012, the film was directed by Lou D’Espsito.