Joel Blue Pellicanó
I am an Italian-Polish filmmaker graduated at the top of my class from a graphic- and film-focused high school in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and later completed a Filmmaking Master’s in Cinema and New Media at Barreira School of Art & Design in Valencia, in collaboration with the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy’s leading film school.
My practice has been shaped through workshops with Martin Scorsese, Guillermo Polo, Paco Cabezas, and David Warren, informing my work in cinematography, and audiovisual production. Alongside professional collaborations, I pursue an ongoing personal research across moving image and photography, taking part in exhibitions, social projects, and international competitions.
My Philosophy
Every day, I live my inner journey with intense presence, shaping knowledge and vision around my values. I strive to act for the common good: enthusiasm drives me to push beyond my limits and embody the ethic I believe in. In my cinema and photography, I attend to every detail of the moment, merging memory with the aesthetics of perspective. Each image becomes an emotional space that disrupts the familiar, creating experiences that restore awareness and awaken the capacity to marvel. To offer visual projects that combine aesthetics, narrative,and authenticity by collaborating with artistic, institutional, and social partners, transforming imagined and real stories into images that convey awareness through the emotion of our existence.
Artistic
Experience
and
Awards
03/04/2023 Audiovisual presentation of my short films at Fabrika el Hielo, Valencia.
02/07/2022--01/08/2022 Audiovisual exhibition "Off the Beaten Track" at the Arena Zone hotel in Valencia, Spain
25/02/2023--25/03/2023 Audiovisual exhibition "Off the Beaten Track" at the "Rebel Cabanyal" art gallery in Valencia, Spain. Prize - Recipient of the "Run for Art" photography competition, organized by the Giulio Onesti Foundation in Rome, titled "Run for Art": group exhibition.
June 2, 2022 / July 2, 2022, at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, Florida.
April 6, 2022, at the Mugham Center in Baku.
Award - “National Geographic” Recognized in 2019 by the National Geographic World Contest as one of 27 photographs showcasing culinary culture globally, featuring the image "the art of making pasta."
Professional Expiriance
31/01/2025-31/04/2025 Camera operator for video production, responsible for covering news programs for prominent Italian national television networks, including RAI and Mediaset.
03/07/2024--04/08/2024 Technical assistant for the documentary "Firefighter: 33 Photographs from the Ghetto," Warsaw, Poland.
31/01/2025-31/04/2025 Camera operator for video production, responsible for covering news programs for prominent Italian national television networks, including RAI and Mediaset.
03/07/2024--04/08/2024 Backstage photographer for the documentary "Firefighter: 33 Photographs from the Ghetto," Warsaw, Poland.
21/02/2024--26/02/2024 Backstage photographer for the teaser of the television series "Defecto de fábrica" in Valencia, Spain.
09/11/2023--12/11/2023 Camera operator for TV Polska S.A. in the television series "The Culinary Chronicles" Warsaw, Poland.
24/06/2022–24/06/2023 Freelance photographer and visual artist residing in Spain.
01/03/2022--01/04/2023 Visual designer for the Arena Hotel region in Valencia, Spain. (videographer, photographer, and social media strategist)
31/01/2025-31/04/2025 Camera operator for video production, responsible for covering news programs for prominent Italian national television networks, including RAI and Mediaset.
01/06/2019 - 01/03/2022 Photographer and camera operator for events, including eighteen celebrations and weddings. collaboration with industry peers in Reggio Calabria, Italy (Video production by Cufari and photography by Alfredo Muscatello)
31/01/2025-31/04/2025 Camera operator for video production, responsible for covering news programs for prominent Italian national television networks, including RAI and Mediaset.
