Romanesh Reynoso working on a night exterior film set

Cinematographer / Director of Photography · Gaffer · Ontario 269E

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Images shaped with intent.
Lighting built to hold under pressure.

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50+IMDb-listed camera, lighting & cinematography credits
TIFFCrew credits on selections in 2019, 2022 & 2026
’12Toronto Film School · Film Production
269EOntario Entertainment Industry Power Technician

Selected work

The frame comes first.

Two distinct practices: cinematography to tell the story and lighting to give the image its shape.

A real production set with a dramatic window, camera cart and monitors, photographed by Romanesh Reynoso

01 / Cinematography · Real on-set photograph

Composition with a reason to be there.

As director of photography, Romanesh builds images around the scene—its space, perspective and emotional turn. See the reel and selected cinematography credits.

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02 / Lighting

Selected feature work as gaffer

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Love is the Monster, featured by Toronto Film School for TIFF 2026

Gaffer · Feature

Love Is the Monster

TIFF 2026 · Centrepiece

The Young Arsonists poster

Gaffer · Feature

The Young Arsonists

TIFF 2022

Gaffer · Feature

It Comes in Waves

Crave · Trailer

Reels

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Selected credits

Camera vision.
Lighting discipline.

Romanesh works in two distinct capacities: shaping the image as a cinematographer, and leading the lighting department as a gaffer.

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Cinematography

  • Dead WeightDirector of Photography · 2024
  • BreatheCinematographer · 2023
  • The Addiction StatusDirector of Photography · 2023
  • Linger a WhileCinematographer · 2021
  • The Rulebook of LoveDirector of Photography · 2020
  • The PaperboyCinematographer · 2020
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Gaffer & Lighting

  • Love Is the MonsterGaffer · TIFF 2026
  • The Young ArsonistsGaffer · TIFF 2022
  • In a Violent NatureGaffer · Peterborough unit · 2024
  • DeathstalkerGaffer · 2025
  • Darkest MiriamGaffer · 2024
  • Nika & MadisonGaffer · 2025
  • Finch & MidlandGaffer · 2025
  • BeckyCamera & Electrical
  • The Strangers: Chapter 3Lighting Technician
  • Titans · The Expanse · SeeLighting Department

Visual development / Concept frames

One moment.
Four distances.

One location. One arrival. Four shifts in distance. The sequence moves from the world around a character to the detail that changes everything. Explore the cinematography reel and selected film work.

Woman waiting outside a roadside diner in the rain as headlights approach
01 / EstablishingGeography and isolation.
Medium frame of the woman turning toward approaching headlights
02 / CoverageThe arrival changes the space.
Close-up of the woman by rain-covered glass
03 / Close-upRecognition before words.
Extreme close-up of a hand holding a brass key beneath a red scarf
04 / DetailThe key to the scene.
Portrait of Romanesh Reynoso

Ottawa · Toronto · Montréal
Available across Canada & internationally

About Romanesh

A visual storyteller who knows what the frame demands—and what the set can carry.

Romanesh Reynoso is a Canadian–Mexican cinematographer and gaffer working across narrative features, television, shorts, commercials and branded content.

A 2012 graduate of Toronto Film School’s Film Production program and a former union member, Romanesh brings camera sensitivity, electrical fluency and calm problem-solving to every production. His work has taken him from intimate independent sets to major series and internationally screened features.

“I think the gaffer is the painter of the frame.”

Romanesh Reynoso · Toronto Film School
  • Ontario 269E · Entertainment Industry Power Technician
  • Film Production · TFS ’12
  • Former union member
  • English + Spanish

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