Teaching Around the World

Muriel conducts trainings and workshops around the world for directors and cinematographers about the following topics:

  • Studio lighting
  • Natural light cinematography
  • Visual script reading
  • Shaping the light between the lines
  • Should the camera move
  • Communicating the vision / the visual co-creating process
  • The factor of authenticity from story to film
  • The intuitive creative process
  • Creative consultancy on films or series
Teacher’s Manifesto

I teach because it is my way to connect with the young generations -
to share my life’s journey and everything cinema has taught me about truth, light, and being human.

I teach because I love to witness the moment when a student feels seen -
that sacred instant when their eyes light up, when recognition replaces doubt,
and a quiet spark becomes a flame.

I choose to be a teacher because it is not a profession; it is a mission.


A calling I feel deeply within me – to guide, to listen, and to awaken.

The responsibility I carry toward my students,
toward the artists of the future,
is one I hold with reverence and love.

I know that within me lies the ability
to reveal in them a glimpse of their hidden talents,
to help them remember the truth they already hold,
and to instill in them the courage to trust it.

Teaching, for me, is not about transmitting knowledge -
it is about igniting remembrance.
It is about walking together,
toward the light that each of us was born to carry.

Muriel Aboulrouss