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VISUAL STORYTELLING THROUGH LIGHT, CAMERA AND MOVEMENT 

As a Director of Photography, Ivan Vatsov approaches every project with a balance of technical precision and creative instinct.

His work spans feature films, action productions and international projects, with a particular focus on cinematic composition, camera movement, lighting and dynamic visual storytelling.

 

  SELECTED DOP CREDITS:

THE MAN WITH NO PRESENT

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  DIRECTOR: Dan Cadan                    PROD:  Paramount plus/work in progress            CAMERA: Sony Venice            LENSES: Master Prime Lenses

AIRFORCE ONE DOWN - HOMEFRONT

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  DIRECTOR: James Bamford                  PROD:  Paramount plus            CAMERA: Sony Venice            LENSES: Master Prime Lenses

PRIMAL:THE GAME

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  DIRECTOR: Tushar Raheja                 PROD:  work in progress            CAMERA: Sony Venice            LENSES: Master Prime Lenses

HELLBOY : THE CROOKED MAN

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  DIRECTOR:  Brian Taylor               PROD:  Millenium Films           CAMERA: Sony Venice            LENSES: Cookie S4 

THE HIGHEST STAKES

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  DIRECTOR:  Tony Dean Smith               PROD:  Paramount Plus          CAMERA: Arri Alexa LF Mini           LENSES: Cookie S4 

RISQUE

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  DIRECTOR:  Tony Dean Smith               PROD:  Paramount Plus        CAMERA:  Alexa MINI LF         LENSES:  Cookie S4 

THE INTERNSHIP

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  DIRECTOR:  James Bamford              PROD:  Paramount Plus        CAMERA:  Alexa MINI LF         LENSES:  Cookie S4 

STRANGERS

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  DIRECTOR:  Tony Dean Smith             PROD:  Paramount Plus      CAMERA:  Alexa MINI         LENSES:  Cooke S 4

THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE

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  DIRECTOR:  Lior Geller              PROD:  Radiant Films       CAMERA:  Alexa MINI         LENSES:  Zeiss High Speeds 

BLACK LOTUS

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  DIRECTOR:  Todor Chapkanov             PROD:  Duch Filmworks       CAMERA:  Sony Venice        LENSES:  Cookie Anamorphic

PETYA  OF MY PETYA

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  DIRECTOR:  Alexander Kossev             PROD:  Bulgarian Film Centre       CAMERA:  Arri Alexa MINI        LENSES:  Lomo Anamorphic

Bo Nan  ZA

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  DIRECTOR:  Andrey Getov            PROD:  Cineye Pictures       CAMERA:  BMPCC       LENSES:  B bayonette spherical lenses

WE DIE YOUNG

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  DIRECTOR:  Lior Geller           PROD:  Radiant Films      CAMERA:  Arri ALEXA ST      LENSES:  Cooke S4

ATTRACTION

  DIRECTOR:  Martin Makariev          PROD:  Forward Pictures      CAMERA:  RED EPIC      LENSES:  Cooke S4

BOYKA - UNDISPUTED

  DIRECTOR:  Todor Chapkanov         PROD:  Millenium      CAMERA:  RED DRAGON     LENSES:  Ultra Primes

SEIZED

  DIRECTOR:  Isaac Florentine.               PROD:  Premiere Ent.         CAMERA:  RED Dragon         LENSES:  Zeiss High Speeds

Stolen Life

Dir.Pavel G. Vesnakov

Dream Team Films

Alexa ST

Zeiss Ultra Primes

Roseville

 Dir.Martin Makariev

Forward Pictures

RED Epic

Zeiss Ultra Primes

 Ombre

Dir.Zahari Paunov

Nak ZAG Pictures

Alexa ST

Zeiss Ultra Primes

The three of life

Dir.Martin Makariev

Dream Team Films

Red Mysterium X

Zeiss Ultra Primes

Zero Street

Dir.Andrey Getov

Cineye pictures

Arri S16

Kodak Vision 3

Zeiss High Speeds

Black Files

Dir.Martin Makariev

Forward Pictures

Red Dragon

Cooke s4

Magicians

Dir.Andrey Getov

Cineye pictures

RED Mysterium X

B bayonnette spherical lenses

The sixt key 

Dir.Martin Makariev

Forward Pictures

RED Mysterium W

Zeiss Ultra Primes

NOON

Dir.Toma Washarov

Cineye Pictures

Arri S 16 

KODAK V3

Zeiss High Speeds

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