Rose Fadem-Johnston's cinematography spans narrative, music videos, experimental and commercial formats. Her work often includes tackling the challenges specific to SFX, VFX, stunts, children, animals, and stop-motion animation.

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Fadem-Johnston’s narrative and feature work has been featured at festivals around the world including Dances with Films, Hollywood, Chicago IFF, Toronto, Riff,  Catalina, Montreal, Italian Contemporary, and Champs-Élysée. She is on the founding board of the International Collective of Female⁺ Cinematographers (ICF⁺C).

 

Fadem-Johnston earned her MFA at the world-renowned AFI conservatory and her BA in Film Production at UCLA's TFT. Her mentors include Stephen Lighthill ASC,  Sandra Valde-Hansen ASC, and Mitchel Pessah ASC. When she is not shooting, she is on senior faculty for the AFI Conservatory cinematography dept. 

 

Originally from Berkeley CA, her first career was as a Trapeze artist, before she moved into the equally wild and wonderful world of production.  Fadem-Johnston is currently based out of Los Angeles where she lives with her husband, children, cat, dog, an excess of fruit trees.

 

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