Jean Dakar
Cinematographer, producer, co-founder
IDA award-winning cinematographer and producer of The Tale of Silyan.
Jean Dakar was born to Syrian-Turkish parents and raised between Germany, Spain and the UK. He studied Film Production at Arts University Bournemouth and began his career as a cinematographer in London.
His work explores environmental and sociopolitical subjects and has taken him from Mozambique to the Siberian Arctic. He began collaborating with Tamara Kotevska on The Walk in 2021.
At Ciconia, he works as a cinematographer, producer and co-founder. His cinematography for The Tale of Silyan received the 2025 IDA Documentary Award.
A personal note from the filmmaker will follow.
With Ciconia
- The Tale of Silyan Completed · In distribution
- The Mammoths that Escaped the Kingdom of Erlik Khan In development
Selected work outside Ciconia
Personal and prior work. These are not Ciconia Film productions.
- The Walk · 2023Cinematographer · Produced by Grain Media. Personal and prior work, not a Ciconia Film production.