Paul Özgür is a Dutch cinematographer.
He studied Fine Arts at the School of Arts in Amsterdam. After discovering his passion for moving images, he joined the Netherlands Film Academy and then the National Film and Television School. His first feature film ‘Prince’ by Sam de Jong opened the Generation section at the 2015 Berlinale. It was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Dutch Film Festival.Paul continued his career shooting the film ‘The wound’ directed by John Trengrove. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and opened the Panorama section of the 67th Berlinale. The film won Best First Feature at the BFI London Film Festival. It was short-listed for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar category.Paul’s latest film ‘John and the Hole’ starring Michael C. Hall (‘Dexter’), directed by Pascual Sisto and written by Nicolas Giacobone (‘Birdman’, ‘Biutiful’) premiered at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and was selected at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic competition. His commercial and short films have also received international nominations and awards ranging from BAFTA’s to Ciclope awards.