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Bio

Born and raised in New Delhi, Saurabh left to complete his higher studies in the United States. Upon his return to India he studied cinema and started exploring the film industry. After working on various camera crews in feature films, commercials and documentaries, Saurabh made his way to Latin America, where he studied Cinematography at the International Film and Television School, San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba.

 

He has served as Director of Photography on narrative work which includes the feature films: The Gold-Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain, Candela, Agra, and short films such as La Carga, El Destetado, and Tiznao.​  He recently completed the Netflix Original Series, Kohrra

 

His work has gained critical acclaim and been showcased in International film festivals such as Cannes, IDFA, Toronto, Rotterdam, Malaga, MAMI, Havana, and Viña Del Mar amongst others. He was one of five Asian cinematographers nominated under the category Achievement in Cinematography at the 2019 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He is also an alumni of the Berlinale Talents, 2017.​  He is currently based out of Latin America and India. He speaks English, Spanish and Hindi.

Work

Director of Photography

Features

MELODRAMA

Fiction (Dominican Republic, 2023)

Dir: Andres Farias

Arri Alexa 35

LAS PEQUENAS COSAS

Fiction (Dominican Republic, 2019)

Dir: Yasser Michelen

Arri Alexa Mini

AGRA

Fiction (India, 2019)

Dir: Kanu Behl

Arri Alexa Mini

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CANDELA

Fiction (Dominican Republic, 2019)

Dir: Andres Farias

Arri Alexa Mini

THE GOLD-LADEN SHEEP AND THE SACRED MOUNTAIN

Fiction (India, 2019)

Dir: Ridham Janve

Black Magic Pocket w/ ARRI 

Super 16mm Lenses

Tv Series

KOHRRA - Netflix

(India - 2022)

Season 1

Dir: Randeep Jha

Sony Venice

 

EL CHAPO - Netflix/Univision 

(Colombia-2017)

Season 3 - 3rd Unit.

Dir: Carlos Rincones

Sony F55

 

LA BALADA DE HUGO SANCHEZ -Netflix 

(Colombia - 2017)

Dir: Alvaro Curiel/Mark Alazraki

Second Unit - Director of Photography

Sony F55 ​​

Web Series

HOME - THE SERIES  

Fiction (USA, 2018)

Dir: Hector Silva

Red EPIC 6K

9 min

 

CANAL SIN FILTRO - ALTER EGO (Colombia, 2016)

Dir: Joacenith Vargas

SONY A7Sii

Short Films

CHILDREN OF WONDER (INDIA)

NEABEYROUTH FILMS

Documentary (India, 2021)

Dir: Nadine Labaki

SONY FX9. 4K

20 min

PASSENGER SIDE

Documentary (India, 2018)

Dir: Leona Chaliha

SONY FS7. 4K

26 min

LOOK-UP

Fiction (USA, 2018)

Dir: Hector Silva

Red EPIC. 6K

9 min

THE WAITING PLACE

Fiction (India, 2018)

Dir: Karishma Jhalani

Red EPIC-W Helium. 6K

23 min

EL DESTETADO

Fiction (Venezuela, 2016)

Dir: Hector Silva

Red One. 4K

18 min

TIZNAO

Fiction (Cuba, 2015)

Dir: Andres Farias

Arri Alexa. 2K

15 min.

 

ANFIBIO

Fiction (Venezuela, 2014)

Dir: Hector Silva

Red One. 4K

15 min

 

ECO

Documentary (Cuba, 2014)

Dir: Victor Alexis

Sony X3. Full HD

13 min.

 

LAS COSAS BUENAS

Documentary 

(Cuba, 2013)

Dir: Andres Farias

Panasonic P2. Full HD.

10 min.

 

A PRAYER FOR ALIYAH Documentary 

(India, 2012)

Dir: Zorawar Shukla

Canon 5d Mark II Full HD

27min.

Camera Operator

TV SERIES

EL CHAPO  Fiction (Colombia, 2017)

Dir: Carlos Morena, Ernesto Contreras, Daniel & Diego Vega

Netflix / Univision

SONY F55

 

CLUB DE CUERVOS: HUGO SANCHEZ 

Fiction (Colombia, 2017)

Dir: Alvaro Curiel, Mark Alazraki

DP: Alberto Anya

Netflix

SONY F55

Commercials

SAMSUNG 'NEERAJ'

LoudMouth Films (India, 2024)

Dir: Aakash Bhatia

Arri Alexa 35

INNOVITI 

Sun City Studios (India, 2024)

Dir: Rahul Bharti

Arri Alexa 35

MOOV

Chrome Pictures (India, 2024)

Dir: Advait Chandan

Arri Alexa 35

CAMPA COLA

Storytellers (India, 2024)

Dir: Arun Gopalan

Arri Alexa 35

POLYCAB FANS

Chrome Pictures (India, 2024)

Dir: Roopali Singhal

Arri Alexa 35

HDFC

Chrome Pictures (India, 2023)

Dir: Advait Chandan

Arri Alexa 35

RELAXO

Chrome Pictures (India, 2023)

Dir: Advait Chandan

Arri Alexa Mini

Hero - 'DIN RAAT INDIA'

Onion Creatives (India, 2022)

Dir: Veneet Bagga

SONY VENICE

VIVO -#SwitchOff

Superfly Films (India, 2021)

Dir: Kopal Naithani

SONY VENICE

TATA SKY BINGE

JAMIC FILMS (India, 2021)

Dir: Shirish Daiya

Arri Alexa Mini LF

NYKAA

Superfly Films (India, 2021)

Dir: Kopal Naithani

SONY VENICE

FACEBOOK - 'NAYI SHURUAAT' 

Chrome Pictures (India, 2020)

Dir: Hemant Bhandari

SONY VENICE

GOOGLE - 'Search pe Shopping' 

Chrome Pictures (India, 2020)

Dir: Hemant Bhandari

Arri Alexa Mini

NESCAFE - 'SABOR DELCAMBIO' 

Gudfelas Cine (Peru, 2018)

Dir: Daniel Vega

Arri Alexa Mini

 

Music Video

REGGAE RAJAHS - 'DANCING MOOD' 

(India, 2016)

Dir: Zorawar Shukla

BlackMagic 4K Production

FOX TRAVELLER: SOUND TREK - 'HUNGAMA' (India,2015)

Dir: Fahd Shah

SONY FS7 4K

ANUSHKA - 'ON MY MIND' 

(India, 2017)

Dir: Fahd Shah

SONY A7Sii 4K

Education

CINEMATOGRAPHY  

International School of Film and TV

(San Antonio de Los Banos, Cuba, 2012 - 2015)

BBM: ADVERTISING 

St. Xavier's College (Mumbai, India 2005 - 2008)

High School

George School (Newtown, PA, USA, 1998 - 2002)

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