Manolo Mosquera

Manolo Mosquera

Director of Photography & Camera Operator

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Featured Work

Recent projects

Redencióndir. Miguel Ángel LiendoShort Film — Director of Photography·2.66:1 · 2024

Vogue México × Diego Calva

AURA · 2023

  1. The Room
  2. Typewriter
  3. Haunted House

Documentary

Specialty Reels

Aerial, portrait, and documentary work

Behind the Scenes

On set

About

I started in film in 2014, training in digital cinematography and post-production, then spent years as a camera technician and motion control operator at EFD, one of Latin America's largest equipment rental houses.

Since 2019 I've worked as a director of photography — on feature films, an ongoing documentary series, a Vogue México short with Diego Calva, and a 360° documentary for an Emmy Award-winning director. I still take operator calls when the project is right: A and B camera, drone, Russian Arm and stabilized-head work.

I work in English and Spanish, on set and in pre-production.

More on Instagram — @manolomosquerah

What I Do

Cinematography
Look, lighting and camera for commercials, documentary, narrative and music video.
Camera Operation
A and B camera on features, series and branded content.
Aerial
Drone operation for commercial and documentary work, including vehicle shoots.
Russian Arm
Remote-head operation for car commercials and action sequences.
Specialty Rigs
Motion control (MRMC Bolt), stabilized heads (ARRI Maxima, Freefly Movi Pro) and 360° capture (Insta360 Titan).

Selected Credits

Director of Photography

  • Nuncio Se Quiere MorirFeature filmdir. José Ignacio Salaverría
  • AURA — Vogue México, with Diego CalvaShort filmdir. Santiago Sierra Soler, 2023
  • Demonios en el RingDocumentary seriesdir. Arturo González & Andrés Suárez, 2023–present
  • RedenciónShort filmdir. Miguel Ángel Liendo, 2024
  • Día de Muertos 360 VRDocumentarydir. Mindi Lipshultz, Emmy Award winner — 2019 & 2021

Camera Operator

  • VogueA cameradir. Mauricio Sierra Soler
  • Dioses y MáquinasShort film, 2nd unitDOP Alexis Zabé, dir. Santiago Sierra Soler, 2022
  • Lluvia con SolShort film, B cameradir. Gastón Bluhn
  • Ford Bronco EvergladesCommercial, drone operatordir. Chivata & Mauricio Sierra Soler, 2022
  • Chivata Action CarsRussian Arm operator2021–2022
  • Fuego NegroFeature film, Movi Pro operator, 2nd unitdir. Bernardo Arellano, 2020
  • Timelapse MéxicoTimelapse, camera & drone operator, editor2017
  • Boiler Room MéxicoCamera operator2015–2016

Camera Department

  • Silent NightFeature film, 2nd AC, B cameradir. John Woo, 2022
  • Club AméricaDocumentary, 1st ACDOP Leo Calzoni, 2019
  • EFD InternationalCamera technician & motion control operator2018–2021

Education

  • Digital Film & Post-ProductionSAE Institute México2014–2016
  • Editorial Fashion PhotographyCENTRO Diseño, Cine y Televisión2014

Have a project in mind?

Tell me about the production — format, dates and location — and I'll set up a Google Meet to talk it through.

AstrophotographyPointing a camera at the sky started in 2017, shooting timelapse across Mexico, and it's still the other half of my work. The total solar eclipse over the Delta de l'Ebre, along with nebulae, galaxies and Popocatépetl, is available as fine-art prints.Visit the print shop →