Joshua Rosales
Cinematographer and M.F.A. Cinematography candidate at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.
Joshua recently shot The Ringing (2025), selected as a semifinalist in the Student Academy Awards, and Barrio (2024), which won the Award of Excellence and Award of Prestige at the San Diego Movie Awards, along with Winner at the San Diego Short Film Festival.
He has shot numerous narrative shorts and has recently expanded into vertical-format filmmaking, commercial work and photography. Based in Los Angeles and San Diego, and available for travel worldwide.
- Student Academy Awards — SemifinalistThe Ringing · 2025
- Award of Excellence & Award of PrestigeSan Diego Movie Awards · Barrio
- WinnerSan Diego Short Film Festival · Barrio
- University of California, Los AngelesM.F.A. Cinematography · 2024 – Present
- San Diego State UniversityB.S. TV/Film Production · 2020 – 2023
- Cinematographer — FreelanceMarch 2022 – Present
Camera ARRI ALEXA, Sony VENICE / FX-series, RED, Panasonic EVA1, Blackmagic Cinema Cameras, Canon C-series
Lighting ARRI, Aputure, Astera, Nanlite, Tungsten / HMI fixtures; DMX, Art-Net, sACN control
Post On-set DIT workflows, ACES color pipelines, LUT design; DaVinci Resolve (colorist), Avid Media Composer, Adobe Creative Cloud
Blackmagic Pyxis 12K · Nikon ZR · Lighting packages