Jerell Rosales

Jerell Rosales is an AsianFilipinoAmerican and LGBTQ writerdirector His featurelength directorial debut High School Lover stars Paulina Singer Lana Condor and François Arnaud released by Lionsgate Home Video Hes a Humanitas Prize awardwinning screenwriter and a directing fellow in Film Independents Project Involve and the Blackmagic Breakthrough Initiative His latest The Terrorist garnered a Jury Award Honorable Mention at the 2020 Austin Film Festival Hes passionate about telling stories with diverse characters navigating the world by fighting their way through it Jerell grew up a military brat living in bases from Japan to Ohio but proudly calls the Southern Californias Inland Empire home Hes a graduate of UCLAs MFA Directing program and is based in Salt Lake City serving as the Assistant Professor in Cinematic Directing at Utah Valley University