Joe Passarelli

Joe Passarelli

History

Joe Passarelli is an American cinematographer born and raised in a small Midwestern town. He is a graduate from Columbia College Chicago. He continued his studies in cinematography at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Profile

Joe Passarelli

Movies

Mickey Saves Christmas
Director of Photography
Mickey, Minnie and their pals attempt to celebrate the perfect Christmas at their snowy cabin. However, when Pluto causes Santa to lose all the presents on his sleigh, the friends travel to the North Pole on a quest to save Christmas.
The Black Hole
Cinematography
Follows an android serving depressed drunks in the shittiest dive bar in the cosmos, who desires more for herself.
Anomalisa
Director of Photography
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
Beatdown
Director of Photography
Brandon, a respected street fighter, is forced to flee the city after his brother is murdered and the money that was supposed to be paid back to a local gangster is stolen. While lying low at his father's house in a small Southern town, Brandon soon gets involved in the local underground cage-fighting circuit. With the help of Drake Colby, a former MMA champion, Brandon devises a scheme to bring a massive payday, if they are able to survive.
To Kill a Killer
Director of Photography
Salomon Caramona and Lyndsey Jimenez are a hit-man and his wife who have to flee Mexico to Chicago when Caramona doesn't finish a hit. Unknown to him, the man that hired Caramona for the original hit, tracks him down in Chicago and is willing to forgive the original hit if the former assassin will find a serial killer that tortured and murdered his daughter.