Biography

Johanna Coelho is a TV and film cinematographer, also featured in Variety in 2018 as one of the Up Next generation of filmmakers. Most recently, she served as a sole DP on HBO MAX’s The Pitt, a new unique medical drama where each episode follows a single hour of the same 15-hour ER shift. Previously, she also worked on seasons 2 and 4 of The Rookie on ABC and has worked on a variety of content from narrative to documentary and reality TV with other renowned companies such as Netflix, Oxygen Network, Hello Sunshine, Scout Productions, and COSM. Outside of television, her recent feature film Séance premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival, while her other recent feature film, All Happy Families, premiered at the Chicago Film Festival, followed by a theatrical release across the country.

Johanna has been passionate about creating and experimenting with meaningful images since a very young age. Her early determination and drive for cinematography have led her to be one of the youngest cinematographers to ever shoot network television. She loves to say she is a visual psychologist: her role is to understand and interpret the emotions of the characters to create the best visual atmosphere for actors to perform in.

Johanna was born and raised in France. Seeking to enrich her European approach with the American perspective, she moved to Los Angeles in 2011, where she studied cinematography at the prestigious American Film Institute.
- IMDb mini biography by: Johanna Coelho