Markus Koob graduated in cinematography from dffb / German Film and Television Academy Berlin with the feature "Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog" which received the German Film Critics' Award Best First Feature 2017.

His collaborations as cinematographer were shown to critical acclaim at festivals like Cannes, Berlinale, Rotterdam, New Directors / New Films (NY / Filmlinc, MoMA), FICUNAM and Viennale. They were theatrically distributed in several countries, broadcasted on television and shown on streamers.

He works as freelance cinematographer and lives in Berlin.