Born and raised in Kerala, South India, cinematographer Akmal Nazer works across commercials, documentaries, and narrative cinema. With a background in editing and engineering from IIT Bombay, his work is shaped by rhythm, atmosphere, and human observation. He has collaborated with directors like Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective, No Time to Die) and Drea Cooper (Flint Town), and is currently developing Vai Mozhi, a documentary pitched at Doc Edge 2026, while also working on Sweeter Grass ( Feature Doc ) with the National Geographic Society.