Rosales is a director, producer and screenwriter born in 1970 in Spain. He studied film in Havana, Cuba at the International School for Film and Television (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV). After three years of studying in Cuba, he left for Australia to study at the Australian Film Television and Radio School – AFTRS in Sydney. He made several short films and made his feature film debut with The Hours of the Day (Las horas del día) in 2003. His next feature film Solitary Fragments (La soledad, 2007) won the Goya Award for Best Film, Director and New Actor (José Luis Torrijo). Tiro en la cabeza (2008) is his latest film.