Gerardo Barroso Alcalá was born on April 2, 1979. He worked as a still photography assistant for advertising and fashion before entering the Centro de capacitación Cinematografica(CCC) where he studied filmmaking with a specialty in Cinematography.

Since 2006 he has worked as a Director of Photography for independent fiction and documentary films and has recently been involved in some commercial film projects.

His work as a cinematographer has been exhibited at festivals such as Rotterdam, Berlin, San Sebastian, Rome, South by Southwest, Buenos Aires (BAFICI), Valdivia, Mar de Plata, Los Angeles (AFI), Morelia, Guadalajara, FICUNAM among others. .

“The Boy Without Legs Can't Dance” won best short film at the AFI Film Festival 2008

In 2010 he was awarded the “Best Photography” award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival for the film “Las Buenas Hierbas.”

In 2012 the same award for “Los Últimos Cristeros” at the Cape Town South Africa Film Festival.

In 2013 he premiered at FICUNAM Calle López, a feature-length documentary co-directed with Lisa Tillinger, which won the Grand Jury Prize at FIFE 2013.

In 2015, the Feature Film “Yo” by Matias Meyer, in which he collaborated as Director of Photography, won the award for best film at the Morelia International Film Festival.

Tesoros de María Novaro premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival

He has taught classes on CCC at the Film School of the University of Guadalajara as well as at the Escuela Superior de Cine.

He worked with Sam Claffin and Verónica Echeguí in Book of Love by Analein Cal y Mayor.

Mala Fortuna, a series in which he was director of photography, recently premiered on Amazon Prime. IMdB