YUNUS ROY IMER
Director of Photography 

Yunus Roy Imer is an internationally recognised, BIFA-nominated Director of Photography based in London. 
His work has premiered and been awarded at many international festivals and prestigious awards, 
including Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, BAFTA, and BIFA.

He is a long-time collaborator of acclaimed director Nora Fingscheidt. Most recently THE OUTRUN, starring Saoirse Ronan, premiered at Sundance and Berlin, and received multiple BAFTA and BIFA nominations – 
including the BIFA for Yunus for Best Cinematography. 
His first feature with Fingscheidt, SYSTEM CRASHER, won the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize, 
and was nominated for both the prestigious Golden Bear and Best First Feature Award at Berlin International Film Festival. 
It was selected as Germany’s entry for the Academy Awards, as well as earning Yunus Roy a nomination for Best Cinematography Debut at Camerimage. Other collaborations with Fingscheidt include the documentary WITHOUT THIS WORLD, which was nominated for Best Cinematography at the German Camera Awards in 2018.

Yunus Roy has also frequently collaborated with directing duo Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter on projects 
such as BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM, DREAMING DOGS, and SPACE DOGS – which was part of two Special Mention categories at the Locarno Film Festival in 2019, and won Best Cinematography Award for Documentaries at Diagonale in 2020. 

In 2023, Roy was nominated for the Best Cinematography Award at the Turkish Film Critics Association for his work on 
Özcan Alper’s BLACK NIGHT. He was also nominated for Best Camera at the Swiss Film Award 
for shooting Jan Gassmann’s 99 MOONS, which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival and in Cannes' ACID sidebar in 2022.

He most recently completed principal photography on Ollie Gardener and Jake Harvey's upcoming feature STATE OF US, 
set to premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, as well as Jan-Eric Mack's 
A HAPPY FAMILY, which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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FILMOGRAPHY (selection)

STATE OF US [DOP] Production: Cross Day Productions
Feature Film (2026), 90min, Directors: Ollie Gardener & Jake Harvey

A HAPPY FAMILY [DOP] 2026, Production: C-Films
Feature Film (2026), 120min, Director: Jan-Eric Mack

AL BASEER / THE BLIND FERRYMAN [DOP] — In Post, Production: Dschoint Ventschr
Feature Film (2026), approx. 100min, Director: Ali Al Fatlawi

DOPPELHAUSHÄLFTE [DOP] — In Post, Production: Iconoclast Fiction Germany for ZDF
TV Series (2026), approx. 5x40min, Director: Aaron Arens

STRAY [DOP] Producers: Lauren Dark, Jodie Caron
Short (2025), 15min, Director: Morven Christie

DUNKELHEIT — Tatort Frankfurt [DOP] — Production: Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
TV Film (TV release autumn 2025), 90min, Director: Stefan Schaller

THE OUTRUN [DOP] — Production: Brock Media, Arcade Picture, Weydemann Bros.
Feature Film (2024), 115min, Director: Nora Fingscheidt

World Premiere @ Sundance Film Festival 2024 | European Premiere @ Berlinale 2024

BIFA Nominated for Best Cinematography & Best Independent British Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director
Best Lead Performance, Best Editing, Best Makeup & Hair Design, Best Original Music, Best Sound

DREAMING DOGS AND BARKING MEN [DOP] — Production: RAUMZEITFILM
Documentary (2024), in post-production, Directors: Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter

99 MOONS [DOP] — Production: Zodiac Pictures
Feature Film (2022), 111min, Director: Jan Gassmann

Festivals:
L'ACID CANNES 2022
Zürich Film Festival 2022

KARANLIK GECE / BLACK NIGHT [DOP] — Production: Nar Film, Arthood Entertainment
Feature Film (2022), 114min, Director: Özcan Alper

Awards:
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2022 | Best Film, Best Screenplay
Bosphorus Film Festival 2022 | Best Director, Best Actor (Berkay Ates)
Ankara Film Festival 2022 | Best Film (SIYAD), Best Director, Special Award of the Jury

THE POET'S WIFE [DOP] — Production: Helke Misselwitz
Feature Documentary (2021), 94min, Director: Helke Misselwitz

Awards:
Beyond Borders Int. Documentary Film Festival | Best Socio-Political Documentary

OPEN LETTER [DOP] Production: Sturm & Drang
Documentary (2020), 31min, Regie: Sandin Puce

Sarajevo Film Festival 2020
Bosnia Herzegovina Looks Around Film Festival 2020

SYSTEMSPRENGER [DOP] Production: KINEO | Weydemann Bros. | Oma Inge Film
Feature Film (2019), 120 min, Regie: Nora Fingscheidt
 
German entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars 2020

Awards:
 Silver Bear - Alfred Bauer Preis
23rd Sofia International Film Festival | Award for Best Director
30th International Filmfest Emden-Norderney | Creative Energy Award & Winner DGB Filmpreis
15th Fest New Directors New Films | Golden Lynx for Best Feature Fiction
29th Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern | Fliegender Ochse Hauptpreis & DEFA Studios Förderpreis
& FIPRESCI Prize & Best Music and Sound Design Cinefest Miskolc International Film Festival | Audience Award 2019
Transatlantyk Filmfestival Lodz | Transatlantyk Distribution Award 2019
48th Molodist KYIV International Film Festival | Ecumenical Jury Best Feature-Length Film
3rd Oslo Pix | Oslo Grand Pix International
2nd Sombor FIlmfestival | Grand Jury Prize & Special Award for Helena Zengel
21st Taipei Film Festival | Int. Talent New Competition Grand Prize & Taiwan Film Critics Society Award
18th Transilvania International Film Festival | Audience Award
13th Vukovar Film Festival | Best Feature Film
Zürich Film Festival | Winner Focus CH DE AT Competition

Festivals (Auswahl):
Cameraimage Film Festival 2019 | Cinematographer's Debut Competition
BFI London Film Festival
Karlovy Vary IFF I Horizons
Palm Springs IFF
Tallinn Black Nights FF l I Childrens' Rights Programme
Les Arcs - Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs I Competition
IFF Istanbul | Young Masters
Crossing Europe FF l Linz | Opening Film
Jerusalem IFF I First Feature Competition
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
Jeonju IFF I Int. Competition
Shanghai IFF
Riga IFF
Melbourne IFF
Hong Kong Int. Film & TV Market
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal I Competition

SPACE DOGS [DOP] Produktion: RAUMZEITFILM in Koproduktion mit IT WORKS! Medien Kinodokumentarfilm (2019), 
90 min, Regie: Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
 
Unterstützt durch das “ARRI International Support Programm“

Awards:
Locarno Film Festival | ISPEC Cultura in the 'Cineasti del Presente' competition
& Special Mention by Junior Jury
Viennale International Film Festival | Vienna Film Prize 'Best Austrian Film 2019'
& Erste Bank's ExtraValue Film Award
Sevilla International Film Festival | Special Mention by 'New Waves Non Fiction' Jury
Fidocs Santiago de Chile | Special Jury Award

Festivals:
Dok Leipzig
Mar del Plata IFF
Torino Film Festival
Mostra Sao Paolo
Tallinn Black Nights IFF
CPH DOX Copenhagen
RIDM Montral
Houston Cinema Arts IFF
Reykjavik IFF
Doc Point Helsinki
Minsk IFF Listapad
Riga IFF
Artdocfest Moscow
Kassel Dokfest
DokuBaku
Cinefest Miskolc
K3 Film Festival Villach
Diagonale '20

ARE YOU LISTENING MOTHER [DOP] Produktion: HFF München | BR | Donaukapitän 
Kurzfilm (2019), 20 min, Regie: Tuna Kaptan

Awards:
First Steps Awards 2019 | Best Short Film
2019 Skepto International Film Festival | Best Short Film
2019 Short Film Festival Landshut | Da Home Award
31 Filmfest Dresden | Golden Horseman Award
2019 Ankara International Filmfestival | Bester Kurzfilm Int. Wettbewerb
Stockholm Independant FF | Bester Kurzfilm
ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival | Bester Internationaler Kurzfilm
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest | Best Student Film
Fano IFF | International Panorama Preis

Festivals & Nominierungen:
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis | Kategorie Kurzspielfilm bis 30min
2019 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival | Int. Wettbewerg
2019 Tampere International Short Film Festival | Int. Wettbewerb
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche | Deutscher Wettbewerb
Brussels Short FF | Next Generation Competition
Filmfest Weiterstadt
Doku Fest
Mediterranean FF Split
Wendland Shorts
Fünf Seen FF | Kurzfilmwettbewerb
FF Nancy-Lorraine | Int. Wettbewerb
Interfilm Berlin | Deutscher Wettbewerb
FF Antalya | Wettbewerb Bester Kurzfilm
Encounters FF Birstol | Int. Wettbewerb
Int. Short FF of Cyprus | Int. Wettbewerb

WILDER 2 [2nd Unit & B.Cam] Produktion: SRF | C-FILMS Schweiz | Panimage
TV.Serie (2020), 6 Folgen, Regie: Pierre Monnard, Jan-Eric Mack

OHNE DIESE WELT [DOP] Produktion: Filmakademie BW | ZDF
KINEO - Peter Hartwig | Juliane Engel
Kinodokumentarfilm (2017), 116 min, Regie: Nora Fingscheidt
 
Nomination:
28. DEUTSCHER KAMERAPREIS 2018 in der Kategorie Dokumentarfilm

Awards:
First Steps Award 2017 *Bester Dokumentarfilm*
38. Max Ophüls Preis 2017 *Bester Dokumentarfilm*
27. Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2017 *Special Mention*
14. Filmfest Eberswalde 2017 *Bester internationaler Dokumentarfilm*
31. Braunschweig International Film Festival 2017 *Die Goldenen Vier Linden*
 23. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2017 *Bester Dokumentarfilm*
Global India International Film Festiavl 2018 *Bester Dokumentarfilm*
13. Mice - Mostra International de Cinema Etnografico Museo do Pobo Galego *Special Mention*

Festivals:
13. Achtung Berlin New Berlin Film Award 2017
14. Neiße Film Festival 2017
5. Dokfilmwoche - Dokumentarfilmwoche in Kreuzberg 2017
39. Filmfest Biberach 2017
4. Fecime - Festival Cinematografico de Mérida, México, 2018
68. Berlin International Film Festval 2018
15. World Film Festival, Estonia, 2018
1. Lebanese Independent Film Festival 2018
7. Madrid Interantional Film Festival 2018
9. One Country Film International Festival 2018

FOR WHOM I MIGHT DIE [DOP] Produktion: Filmakademie BW
Kurzfilm (2016), 20 min, Regie: Levin Peter
 
Festivals:
Diagonale 2016
Cresc Biennale
This Human World 2016

BILDER VOM FLO [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Dokumentarfilm (2016), 99 min, Regie: Julian Vogel
 
Awards:
Perugia Social Film Festival 2016
Festivals:
Max Ophüls Preis 2017
 
FAMILIE SEIN [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Kurzfilm (2016), 29min, Regie: Friederike Fiek
 
HINTER DEMSCHNEESTURM [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Dokumentarfilm (2015), 92 min, Regie: Levin Peter
 
Awards:
First Steps Award 2015 „Bester Dokumentarfilm"
Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik | Nominiert für den besten Dokumentarfilm
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival | Bester Dokumentarfilm

Festivals:
Max Ophüls Preis „Wettberwerb Dokumentarfilm" 2016
Haifa International Film Festival | Between Jewishness and Israeliness CompetitionOdessa International Film Festival | Our Time Section
Cinema Vérité International Film Festival Iran | Our Time Section
66. Int. Filmfestspiele Berlin „Perspektive Deutsches Kino" 2016
Hamburger Dokumentarfilmwoche  „Internationales Programm" 2016
Film Columbia New York
Festival del Popoli Florenz
Dok.Fest München „Inernationales DOK.panorama" 2016

FINGERPLAY [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Kurzfilm (2013), 30 min, Regie: Mauro Müller
 
Awards:
2015 Best Actor Award for Burak Yigit at Shorts Mexico
Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival „Best Actress" 2014

Festivals:
Merida y Yucatan Film Festival 2015
Morella International Film Festival 2014
Bangkok International Student Film Festival 2014
Aspen Shortsfests 2014
 
MEER ZWISCHEN UNS  [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Kurzfilm (2013), 30 min, Regie: Julian Köberer
 
Festival: Max Ophüls Preis 2014

3000  [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Dokumentarfilm (2013), 16mm, HD, 38 min, Regie: Leonel Dietsche
 
Awards:
Blicke Filmfestival des Ruhgebietes „Fiction Award Ruhr" 2015

Festivals:
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg „Wettbewerb Deutschland" 2015
International Festival Sarajevo Winter „Official Selection" 2016
 
WORK [DOP] Filmakademie BW, Arte
Kurzfilm (2012), 35mm, 12 min, Regie: Friederike Fiek
 
Festival:
San Sebastian 2012
 
EIN VERSPRECHEN [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Dokumentarfilm (2012), 16mm, 70 min. Regie: Levin Peter
 
Festivals:
Visions du Reél Nyon „Int. Competition"
Vilnius Documentary Film Festival 2012
Instanbul Documentary Film Festival „Int. Competition" 2012
Achtung Berlin Film Festival 2013
Alanya Film Days 2013
 
MAGNETFELDER  [DOP] ZHdK Zürich
Kurzfilm (2011), 11 min, Regie: Jan Eric Mack
 
Awards:
Neuchatel Int. Film Festival „Prix Taurus Studio" 2012
Schweizer Jugendfilmtage Zürich „3. Preis Filmschulen"

Festivals: Seoul Int. SESIFF 2014
Int. Kurzfilmfestival Shnit Bern „Competition" 2012
Solothurner Filmtage 2012
Int. Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2011
 
SYNKOPE [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Kurzfilm (2010), 16mm, 26 min. Regie: Nora Fingscheidt
 
Awards:
Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2011
FBW Prädikat „Besonders Wertvoll" 2011
Filmfest Dresden„Lobende Erwähnung" 2012

Festivals:
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2012
Sehsüchte 2011
Int. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg 2011
Max Ophüls Preis „Wettbewerb" 2011

SONOR [DOP] Filmakademie BW
Kurzfilm (2010), 16mm, 36 min. Regie: Levin Peter
 
Awards:
Visions du Reél Nyon „Lobende Erwähnung" 2011
Fest Portugal „Best Academic Award" 2011
Bosifest Belgrad „Best Director" 2011
Sechuan „Nominated for Gold Panda Award" 2011

Festivals:
Madrid Music Film Festival 2012
KAMERaTON International Festival of Films about Music 2011
Festival dei Popoli 2011
Hofer Filmtage 2011
Kasseler Dokumentarfilmfest 2011
Forumdoc Belo Horizonte 2011
Int. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg 2011