🎬 CINEMATOGRAPHER WANTED: Gothic Horror Feature | Istanbul - Konya - St. Petersburg | Méliès to Spielberg Projects

We’re not looking for a résumé. We’re looking for a soul obsessed with shadows.

Méliès to Spielberg is seeking a cinematographer who dreams in black and white, who understands that darkness isn’t the absence of light—it’s a character unto itself.

The Vision

We’re crafting a gothic horror feature that lives somewhere between Only Lovers Left Alive and Interview with the Vampire. Think F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu meeting Hitchcock’s baroque elegance, with the stark graphic poetry of Sin City. This is a film where shadows breathe and light cuts like a blade.

This is a hybrid of live action and AI—a new language for an ancient aesthetic.

What We Offer

• Primary shooting in Istanbul and Konya, with sequences in St. Petersburg

• Pre-production begins March 2025

• A script already shared with a major OTT platform

• A renowned producer attached to the project

• Full creative collaboration: we’ll choose cameras and lenses together

• No corporate hierarchy—just artists making something singular

What We Don’t Care About

• Your awards

• Your credits

• Your years of experience

What We Do Care About

Passion. Vision. Obsession.

The kind of cinematographer who studies the way Conrad L. Hall painted Road to Perdition with melancholy and rain. Who understands Roger Deakins’ mythic twilight in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Who sees Jordan Cronenweth’s neon-noir labyrinth in Blade Runner as scripture.

Someone who appreciates Jeff Cronenweth’s digital precision in The Social Network, Larry Fong’s operatic shadows in Batman v Superman, Andrew Lesnie’s epic naturalism in The Lord of the Rings, Vittorio Storaro’s revolutionary reds in Reds, and Sławomir Idziak’s cerulean grief in Three Colours: Blue.

To Apply

Don’t send a résumé.

Send us:

• Your passion for cinema

• Your favorite film in terms of cinematography and lighting

• Your reels that prove you see differently

Email: rishi@meliestospielberg.in

Tell us what makes your heart race when the shadows fall just right.

From Méliès’ phantasmagoria to Spielberg’s dreams—we’re building cinema for those who still believe in magic.

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