Cinematographer. Lighting Cameraman. Filmmaker.
Gerardo Guerra is a Mexican cinematographer (b.1982 Mexico City). He has served as director of photography in Dos Estaciones by Juan Pablo González (Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition nominee and Winner of Best Actress Jury Award, winner of the Coup de Coeur at the 35th Cinelatino, Rencontres Toulouse) and Martínez (Miami International Film Festival - 2023 SFFILM FESTIVAL -Official Selection) by Lorena Padilla. He recently shot Corina, the feature film debut of filmmaker Urzula Barba Hopfner produced by CobraFilms, MandarinaCine and IMCINE. Music Videos he has lensed have been nominated twice by the Latin Grammys for Best Music Video and two nominations for Video of the Year from MTV Mexico #MTVMIAW 2017. He won Best Cinematography at the Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021.
Gerardo has also served as a 2nd unit DP for the feature film Los Lobos by Samuel Kishi which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and went on to play at the Berlinale, where it was the Grand Prix winner of the Generation Section. He also lensed the feature documentary La Era de la Desconexión, which premiered at the 2018 Guadalajara International Film Festival. Gerardo is currently in production of Noche de Ficheros by director Anabel Casso (Trigal, 2022), a Talipot.Studio production.
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