Naturalism
Light that feels discovered, never imposed.
Mountains
Miami · Available across the U.S. & internationally
Camilo
Buitrago Gil
Narrative Cinematographer / Director of Photography
I build authentic worlds through naturalistic images, romantic and baroque light, and a visual language chosen entirely for the story.
Watch reel↓The equipment never leads the image. The story does.
My approach
Atmosphere in service of narrative.
Every project asks for its own grammar. My background as a sociologist adds an analytical sensitivity to the characters, symbols, and context. From there, I choose camera, movement, lenses, light and color to make that world feel inevitable.
Chiaroscuro
Romantic, baroque and Rembrandt-inspired contrast.
Genre
A special affinity for period films, horror and atmospheric fiction.
Color
A colorist’s eye connecting the intention on set to the final image.
About
A storyteller inspired by nature, culture and observation.
I am Camilo Buitrago Gil—also known as Fish—a Colombian cinematographer, colorist, photographer and sociologist based in Miami. My work begins with observation: of people, of places and of the way light can reveal the emotional truth of a story.
Beyond the set, adventure motorcycling, travel and history are my greatest interests. Moving through unfamiliar landscapes, meeting people and encountering new cultures continually renews the way I feel the images I choose to create.
Why Fish in the Mountains?
I was born in Manizales, a city of dramatic topography at the very heart of the Colombian Andes. Fish came later: a nickname given to me by friends, sometimes for swimming against the current and sometimes for moving with ease through situations others found difficult—como pez en el agua. Perhaps that is why I have always admired the way fish move through water as if gravity did not exist, absolute masters of their universe. The unlikely image of a fish walking through the mountains felt strange, free and unmistakably mine.
Selected images
Stories shaped by light.
Ni un paso atrás
Period series · Canal TRO / 64A Films · Director of Photography
Selected narrative work
Vox In Cinema · Lago Films · Albereda Films · Furiosa Productions
Journal · 01
A Fish in Distant Mountains
Two weeks across five of the world’s highest paved mountain passes, traveling alongside Colombian adventure rider A2Ruedas and guided by Gulzar Husen through a landscape of ancient routes, living cultures and extraordinary resilience.
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01 · 2026Contact
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