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Karim Ismail on the red carpet of the VerticalMovie Festival at the Casa del Cinema in Rome Casa del Cinema · Rome, 2026
Director of photography · Videomaker · Photographer

KarimIsmail

I come from graphic design, but I've always thought in frames. Today light is how I tell stories.

The story

I come from graphic design: I graduated in Graphic Design and Communication at the I.T.T. Nervi Galilei in Altamura, with 92/100. There I learned how to compose an image and what makes the eye stop; since 2021 I've been doing it with a stills camera and a video camera.

The name changed as I did. In 2021 gh0st.ph was born, in early 2025 it became produkts.work and since July 2025 it has been produkts.it: the name I sign my work with, from Altamura.

In October 2025 I joined AMARCORD, the Mediterranean Film Academy in Bari, where I became a certified director of photography. There I worked with film professionals such as Raffaele Mertes, Massimo Giuliani, Tiziana Lattuca and Giuseppe Maldera, and met the people I now make short films, feature films and more with.

I look for stories that aren't explained: they're watched. And for people who believe in them enough to turn a wardrobe into a control room.

Path

Diploma

Graphic Design and Communication

I.T.T. Nervi Galilei in Altamura, graduated with 92/100. Composition, colour, visual identity: the foundation of everything that came after.

2021

gh0st.ph is born

I start taking photos and making videos. It's the first name of what is now produkts.it.

Early 2025

gh0st.ph becomes produkts.work

The project grows and changes its name.

May 2025

Schizophrenia — Io e Nessun Altro

My own short film: direction, cinematography, editing and sound.

July 2025

produkts.it

Today's name, with a new visual identity on the way.

October 2025

AMARCORD, Bari

Mediterranean Film Academy. I work with Raffaele Mertes, Massimo Giuliani, Tiziana Lattuca and Giuseppe Maldera and become a certified director of photography.

2026

Dynamis at the VerticalMovie Festival

Produced and shot by me, screened at the Casa del Cinema in Rome: nominated for second best screenplay and Top 3 for best short film in the Open category.

Next steps

Festivals, films, bigger productions

Filmography

Download the CV (PDF, Italian)
Dynamis Producer, D.O.P., editing, colour, VFX produkts.it
Tra i Piedi Director of photography AMARCORD
L'Inventario Co-D.O.P. AMARCORD
Schizophrenia — Io e Nessun Altro Direction and cinematography produkts.it
Troppo bella per loro Docufilm · direction, filming and editing produkts.it
Sbaglio Dunque Esisto Camera operator and sound recordist AMARCORD
La Seduta Camera operator AMARCORD
Paranoia Camera operator, B camera AMARCORD
Cuori in Stand-by Camera assistant, B camera AMARCORD
Parfum Camera assistant AMARCORD
La Sedia Camera assistant AMARCORD
Spaghetti all'Assassina Camera assistant AMARCORD
Il Tanga e la Cravatta Sound recordist AMARCORD
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