---
name: "Juan Sarmiento G."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/juan-sarmiento-g"
fi1m_id: "juan-sarmiento-g"
imdb_id: "nm2923060"
tmdb_id: 1531290
wikidata_id: "Q52898020"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-12T20:04:08.272419+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Juan Sarmiento G.

## Identity

Juan Sarmiento G.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/juan-sarmiento-g
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** juan-sarmiento-g
- **IMDb ID:** nm2923060
- **TMDB ID:** 1531290
- **Wikidata ID:** Q52898020
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52898020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2923060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531290

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1984 in Colombia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1984, Colombia
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52898020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2923060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531290

## Coming up

- *Objet a* (2027-01-21), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Voice of Hind Rajab*](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Juan Sarmiento G. is a Colombian cinematographer based in Berlin. Born in 1984, he studied at the University of Film and Television Potsdam Babelsberg and has worked on fiction and documentary features since the early 2010s.

He has collaborated frequently with directors including Simón Mesa Soto, Kaouther Ben Hania and Daniel Espinosa. His credits include *Amparo* (2021), *Valley of Souls* (2020), *Madame Luna* (2024), *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), *A Poet* (2025) and *Islands* (2025). He has also produced several films and co-founded the production company Ocúltimo with Mesa Soto.

Sarmiento G. has received the Sven Nyqvist Cinematography Award for *Madame Luna*, the Colombian film academy award for *Amparo* and the German Cinematography Award for *Valley of Souls*.

*Sources: imdb.com, juan-sarmiento.com, proimagenescolombia.com, arri.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Islands* (2025), Fi1m 68, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/islands.md)
- *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Objet a* (2027), Director of Photography
- *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md)
- *A Poet* (2025), Director of Photography, Producer, Camera Operator
- *Islands* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/islands.md)
- *Madame Luna* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Mariner of the Mountains* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Net – Promised Land* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *All Russians Love Birch Trees* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Valley of Souls* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Amparo* (2022), Cinematography, Producer, Director of Photography
- *Nardjes A.* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Mission Persephone* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Liebe. Jetzt !* (2020), series, Camera Operator
- *Phoenix* (2020), Director of Photography
- *30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Defender of the Faith* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Central Airport THF* (2018), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Kleptomom* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Madre* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Leidi* (2014), Cinematography
- *Breaking Horizons* (2012), Cinematography
- *In deiner Haut* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Sternstunden* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Director of Photography
- *The land left behind*, Director
- *Mimesis*, Director of Photography

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