Jerell Rosales is an Asian/Filipino-American and LGBTQ+ writer/director. His feature-length directorial debut was released by Lionsgate Home Video, Lifetime/A+E Networks (USA), TF1 (France), and HBO (Romania/Hungary). Rosales is a Humanitas Prize award-winning screenwriter, a directing fellow alum of Film Independent's signature artist development program, Project Involve, and an alumnus of UCLA's prestigious MFA Film and Television Directing program. To date, his films have been officially selected and screened in 100+ film festivals worldwide. His latest, THE TERRORIST, garnered a Jury Award Honorable Mention at the 2020 Austin Film Festival. Jerell grew up a military brat living in USAF bases from Ohio to Japan, but proudly calls Southern California his original home. Prior to UVU, Professor Rosales previously taught at the University of Oregon and UCLA. He's based in Salt Lake City.
