About
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John Akerman Özgüç
Cinematographer · 360° Photographer · Composer
The founder and single creative hand behind Aquinox Media — building visual stories engineered around how the human brain pays attention, feels, and remembers.
With a formal background in neuropsychology, John approaches every commission as a question of perception: what makes a viewer stop, feel, and act. That lens — neuromarketing and music psychology rather than taste alone — runs through the photography, cinematography, time-lapses, 360° tours, drone work and original scores produced under the Aquinox Media name.
Working from the Netherlands and across Europe, the studio focuses on sustainable and purpose-driven organisations — translating ambition into cinematic, lasting visual presence. The promise is summed up in two words the brand has carried since the start: “Convey with Class.”
The approach
Neuropsychology
A formal background in how attention, emotion and memory actually work — every frame engineered to land, not just to look good.
Music Psychology
An active composer: scores written on tempo–arousal and harmonic-tension principles, because sound is half the emotion.
One Operator
Photography, film, livestream, time-lapse, 360° and drone — a single creative hand from brief to delivery, no agency overhead.
Purpose-Driven
Work focused on sustainable and creative organisations — 10% of profits go to rainforest preservation.
Trusted by
Brands and institutions
Helped find their voice
European Sleeper
Brand film for the Dutch–Belgian night-train startup.
GoVolta
Visual storytelling for the no-frills European rail newcomer.
Aardpeer
Story-led media for the sustainable land cooperative.
Pluukz
Cinematic content for the purpose-driven venture.
Collaborated with
Greenpeace
Campaign imagery for environmental advocacy.
Utrecht University
Visual work with the academic community.
Erasmus University
Collaboration on academic storytelling.
Sony
Invited to document real-world use of their cinema cameras.
…and many more we’ve been grateful to collaborate with
Selected recognition
Toronto International Film Festival
Work screened at one of the world's leading film festivals.
Original film scores
Composed the soundtracks for the award-winning films “More Than a Pipeline” and “Umbra”.
Broadcast documentary
Directed a film for Canadian NGO Pull Together that aired on Canadian national television.
A working principle
“Ten percent of every project becomes rainforest — purchased and preserved. Beautiful work should leave the world better than it found it.”
Work together
Have something in mind?
Tell me what you're building — a brand film, a campaign, a print, or a full visual identity — and we'll shape it together.