Pan Luo was born in south of China in 1976 and graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2004, After graduation, Luo moved to Lhasa, Tibet, where he worked as a still photographer for Tibet Culture Magazine. In 2013, Luo returned to Beijing and shot The Sacred Arrow with director Pema Tseden (aka Wanma Tsaidan). For his work on the film, Pan Luo earned a best cinematography award at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival. After this, he was approached by director Guan Hu to photograph his next feature, Mr. Six, starring acclaimed filmmaker Feng Xiaogang. His work on the film earned him a Best Cinematography nomination at the Asian Film Awards in 2016.

Following this, Feng approached Luo to shoot his next directorial project, the feature I Am Not Madame Bovary. The picture received numerous awards and accolades, including Best Cinematography at the Asian Film Awards in 2017. Luo also collaborated with Feng Xiao Gang on Youth; this film tells a story of two lovers in the year of Chinese Culture Revolution and Chinese-Vietnamese war in late 1970s.

His next series of films covers different genres; Korean war film The battle at Lake Changjin directed by Chen Kaige ( Farewell my Concubine ) made the highest-grossing Chinese film all the time, Drama-documentary, China season 1 and 2, won the best documentary and best cinematography in 31st Chinese TV Gold Eagle Award 2022, Under the Light, a criminal thriller, directed by Zhang Yimou has became most anticipated film in 2023 after 3 years of being banned! His upcoming films includes sports movie The Octagon and a romantic film The Sun under Moon .