Joshua James Richards is a two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee, who’s cinematography
credits include Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Winner The Rider and Songs My Brothers Taught Me for
which he also won Best Debut Cinematography at the Camerimage Festival. Richards was nominated
for a Critics Circle Award for best technical achievement for his second feature, BAFTA nominated God’s
Own Country. Richards achieved his BA at Bournemouth University Film and Television School for Film
and creative writing, before receiving his MFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied
Directing. Richards has shot a wide range of commercials and music videos, collaborating with directors
around the world. His work has screened at festivals worldwide including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto,
Telluride, Berlin, New Directors New Films, Telluride, and exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American
Art and MOMA PS1 in NYC.