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 Lensed for directors like Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective, No Time to Die) and Drea Cooper (Flint Town).

His recent work includes the upcoming narrative feature Film Archaeology of a Memory, alongside Sweeter Grass, a feature documentary with the National Geographic Society. He is also currently developing Vai Mozhi, a documentary pitched at Doc Edge 2026.