About · Joshna Muthukumar
I’m Joshna, a Los Angeles cinematographer. I film conferences, customer stories and company podcasts for B2B (business-to-business) marketing teams, and I run every shoot like a production: planned, briefed and delivered on the date we agreed.
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LA · travels US-wide
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Call sheet · crewDP
NameJoshna Muthukumar
BaseLos Angeles, CA
TrainedMFA Cinematography, LMU ’25
On the floorKeka × UNLEASH, SHRM 2026
SpeaksEnglish, Tamil
My story
Three chapters, one habit: walk on set with a plan. That’s what makes a cinema-trained eye safe to hire for a show you only get one shot at.
012021–22 · Chennai
022022–25 · Los Angeles
032026 · Las Vegas & Orlando
Feature set · stand-in photo
The producer habit
As an assistant director at Zee Studios in Chennai, I coordinated cast, crew and every department on Tamil feature films. A shoot is only as good as its call sheet. I still write one for every job.
Lighting study · stand-in photo
The cinematographer’s eye
An MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Cinematography at Loyola Marymount University: light, lenses, composition and the soft, steady camera movement that makes people look at ease on screen.
REC
Show floor · stand-in photo
Both, on the show floor
In 2026 Keka brought me in to film its booths at UNLEASH America in Las Vegas and SHRM in Orlando: interviews, booth B-roll and social cuts that went out while the show was still running.
Behind the camera
10yrs
Short films since 2016, sets since 2018
National HR-tech shows
2
UNLEASH America and SHRM, 2026. HR Tech is next.
Formats
5
Booth, testimonials, podcasts, keynotes, B-roll
Cities filmed
4
Las Vegas · Orlando · Los Angeles · Chennai
MFA Cinematography · Loyola Marymount University, 2025
Assistant Director · Zee Studios, Chennai
Studio camera · CBN, Delhi
Insured · COI (certificate of insurance) on request
How I work
You have a booth to run. These four promises are how I keep the video off your plate until it lands in your inbox.
01
You talk to me from first call to final file. No account managers and no hand-offs: the person on the phone is the person holding the camera.
Reply in 1 business day
02
A week out you get a shot list, schedule and call sheet to approve. On the day you approve nothing. You run your booth; I run the shoot.
Sent at T−7 days
03
First social cut-downs land the next morning. Graded selects follow within 48 hours, while your show is still news on LinkedIn.
Cut-downs by Day +1
04
Finals and raw footage are yours to reuse, with the licence in writing. Named, captioned and sorted by format, so you can find them next quarter.
Archive kept 12 months
Kit & crew
Everything below travels in two cases and one carry-on, so a Vegas show doesn’t need a rental house.
Gimbal rig · stand-in photo
01 · Camera bodies
Full-frame cinema
Sony FX2 · A-cam● owned
B-cam for interviews & podcastsmock
4K 25/50p · 10-bit · S-Log3spec
02 · Lenses
Zoom for the floor, primes for faces
Sony FE 24–70mm f/2.8 GM II● owned
70–200mm f/2.8 for keynotesmock
35mm + 85mm primesmock
03 · Movement
Smooth, quiet, crowd-safe
DJI RS 3 Pro gimbal● owned
DJI Osmo Pocket 3 · vertical B-roll● owned
Fluid-head tripod + monopodmock
04 · Audio
Two sources on every voice
2 × wireless lav, 32-bit floatmock
Shotgun on boom for interviewsmock
Feed from house AV boardon request
05 · Lighting
Booth-sized, battery-powered
2 × bi-colour LED panelsmock
Softbox + diffusion for testimonialsmock
V-mount batteries, no wall power neededmock
06 · Crew & media
Scales from one to four
Second shooter · audio op · PAvetted, on call
Dual-slot recordingevery take
Nightly backup to 2 drivesmock
Credits
Los Angeles · base
Las Vegas
Orlando
Chennai
Delhi
When
Event · project
Client
Venue
Role
Oct 2026
HR Technology Conference & ExpoBooth coverage · next week
Client[Client]
VenueMandalay Bay, Las Vegas
RoleUpcoming
Jun 2026
SHRM Annual Conference 2026Booth #2956 · conversations with HR leaders
ClientKeka
VenueOrange County Convention Center, Orlando
RoleDP · video + stills
Apr 2026
UNLEASH America 2026Booth #772 · booth coverage, interviews, recap
ClientKeka
VenueLas Vegas
RoleDP · video + stills
2023–25
“Galvamander” · “The Rub”Narrative short and documentary, MFA work
ClientLMU
VenueLos Angeles
RoleCinematographer
2021–22
Tamil feature filmsCast, crew and department coordination
ClientZee Studios
VenueChennai, India
RoleAssistant director
2018
Studio broadcastMulti-camera studio, live programmes
ClientCBN
VenueNew Delhi, India
RoleStudio camera · TD
first day on the FX2
A note from Joshna
I started making short films with friends in college in Coimbatore, long before I knew “cinematographer” was a job. Film school in LA taught me light. The show floor taught me speed.
What I love about event work is that it’s real: real people, one take, and a deadline the next morning. I want your team to watch the recap and say, “that’s what it felt like to be there.”
If you’re planning a show, I’d love to hear about it.
Joshna
Joshna Muthukumar · Cinematographer, Los Angeles
Next show
Tell me the event, the dates and what you need. I’ll reply within one business day with a plan and a quote.