Mila Shamraeva


Mila is a director of photography working globally and limitlessly.

She spent her childhood in Kazakhstan, in a small town surrounded by mountains, her youth - in St. Petersburg, where she studied cinematography and photography. Today she has a number of international projects shoot in Europe and Middle East, including Fiat, Adidas, Burger King, Samsung, Timberland, Pringles, Xiaomi, MAVI, InStreet, Urban Care, Yango, Beeline, Esthederm and many others. Also, Mila has an experience in working on the TV series pilot and has recently completed working on a feature film. 

Her cinematography won many festival awards. The "in the Dark” short film won “Best Cinematography" three times: at “Heart of Europe International Film Festival", "First Monthly Film Festival" and "Fox International Film Festival", and the music video "SomeSleep - Anyhow" was selected to “Directors Library” after it won “Best Music Video”at Art Stream. 

As for her personal approach to work, Mila has narrowed it down to three simple rules: work in a DP-Director tandem, work differently, work with people who have their own opinion.