Muhammed Demirel on set with headset Still: a rider on a desert quad in front of a huge explosion
Photo: Jakob Stolz
Director of Photography · Cologne

Muhammed
Demirel

Fiction, action, commercials. Based in Cologne. Shooting wherever the story is.

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2016freelance since
11countries shot in
DE · TR · ENon set languages

Selected work

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Night fight next to a lit-up Indian truckBehind the scenes: The truck on a greenscreen stage, camera on a scaffold above it
Feature · India2023

Bholaa

Gimbal operator, fight sequences. Dir. Ajay Devgn

Fight scene in a backlit warehouseBehind the scenes: Rehearsing the fight in the warehouse under red light
Feature · Action2026

Dastaar

Additional photography, action cinematography. Dir. Amar Hundal

A warrior on a leaping horse flies over a cannonBehind the scenes: Truss rig in front of a bluescreen in the studio
Feature · India2019

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior

Additional photography. Dir. Om Raut

A giant woman lies in the desert at sunsetBehind the scenes: The crew pulls gear across the sand at sunset
Julien Bam2024

Der Sandmann

Director of Photography

A man in a straw hat leads a group down a spaceship corridorBehind the scenes: Steadicam on the talk show set
Julien Bam2024

Der Mann im Mond

Director of Photography

Children run after a jeep down a red dirt roadBehind the scenes: Steadicam on the red road through the village
Commercial · Tanzania2025

Hasene · İyilik İz Bırakır

Director of Photography. Dir. Ekrem Aydin

A bearded man pours Turkish tea in a workshopBehind the scenes: RED camera with the tea scene on the monitor, the actor behind it
Image film2025

10 Jahre KT Bank

Director of Photography. Dir. Ekrem Aydin

Julia and four dancers with flowing white fabric in the desertBehind the scenes: Shooting Julia in a cactus garden in Morocco
Music video · Morocco2025

Julia · Luxury Goddess

Director of Photography. Dir. Roger Sery

A figure with a glowing digital face stands on a spaceship bridge

Eternal God Ego Line

Director of Photography

Feature2024

Make Me Feel

Camera operator, ship sequence. Dir. Timur Örge, Mumukuba

Photos: Jakob Stolz
Sword fight on the ship deck, boom and bounce board in frame Handheld rig among the pirates Framing the scene with the two leads Checking the shot at the monitor with the director and cast Bounce board and boom on deck, black and white

More credits

AdipurushAdditional photography, action cinematographyDir. Om Raut · 2021
Indian 2Previs artist, action camera operatorDir. Shankar · 2020
TürkuzaDirector of PhotographyDir. Hussain Abdullah · 2022

Frames

Stills from my work. The ones marked BTS have a set photo behind them.

A hooded wanderer pulls a bound figure past a lone treeBehind the scenes: The same costume on set in the dunes
Silhouettes next to a vintage Mercedes in hard backlight
A man flips an opponent with a spear in a blue-lit templeBehind the scenes: The steel rig over the quarry set at night
A fighter flies through the air at nightBehind the scenes: In a harness on the wire rig
Men in long coats walk across a red quarryBehind the scenes: Handheld ARRI on location
Volunteers push a cart down a red dirt roadBehind the scenes: Pulling the cart for the shot
A smiling boy looks over a table in a hutBehind the scenes: Steadicam selfie outside the hut
Hooded figures reach towards a glowing capsule in a cave
Two figures embrace as a fireball falls from the sky
A warrior leaps into a rocky gorge
A man fires a gun in a smoky brick corridor
A masked figure holds up a glowing vial
A man behind a windscreen holding prayer beads
A hooded girl with popcorn in an empty cinema
A warrior walks through a battle, sword in hand
Hooded figures follow a dark figure through a round hatch
Julia on a golden throne surrounded by dancers
Close-up of Julia wearing a crown and gold jewellery
Julia with outstretched arms in the desert at sunset
Julia half hidden behind white fabric in the wind

On set

Rigs, cranes, harnesses, monitors. The part nobody sees in the final cut.

Bholaa, behind the scenes
Bholaa
Make Me Feel, behind the scenes
Make Me Feel · Photos: Jakob Stolz
Der Mann im Mond, behind the scenes
Der Mann im Mond
Bholaa, behind the scenes
Bholaa
Make Me Feel, behind the scenes
Make Me Feel · Photos: Jakob Stolz
Hasene, behind the scenes
Hasene
Bholaa, behind the scenes
Bholaa
Tanhaji, behind the scenes
Tanhaji
Der Mann im Mond, behind the scenes
Der Mann im Mond
10 Jahre KT Bank, behind the scenes
10 Jahre KT Bank
Make Me Feel, behind the scenes
Make Me Feel · Photos: Jakob Stolz
Bholaa, behind the scenes
Bholaa
Der Mann im Mond, behind the scenes
Der Mann im Mond
Der Sandmann, behind the scenes
Der Sandmann
Make Me Feel, behind the scenes
Make Me Feel · Photos: Jakob Stolz

Reel

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What I do

Fiction

Features, series, shorts. Light and camera that serve the story, not the other way round.

Action

From previs and shot lists to the set. Fights, car chases, big moves, planned so they work on the day.

Commercials & content

Image films, ads, music videos and social content that look like cinema.

Muhammed Demirel on set with a cinema camera

About

I started out in the edit suite, cutting TV for five years. That's where I learned what a shot actually needs to do.

Since 2016 I've been shooting: indie features in Cologne, action units on Bollywood blockbusters in India, commercials across Europe. I like sets where everyone cares about the image, and I like solving the hard shots.

India · UK · Spain · Turkey · Morocco · Tanzania · Uzbekistan · USA · Switzerland · Belgium · Netherlands

Contact

Got a project?
Let's talk.

dp.mo@icloud.com