Biography
Rudy Valdez is a Michigan-raised, Brooklyn-based filmmaker. He got his start as a camera operator on the Peabody Award–winning series Brick City and has worked as a cinematographer for directors and producers such as Sebastian Junger, Whoopi Goldberg, Geeta Gandbhir, and Samuel D. Pollard. Ten years in the making, The Sentence is Rudy’s directorial debut. When he's not working, you can find Rudy at the park with his wife and daughter.
Sundance Film Festival
Director
| Documentaries | ||
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| 2024 |
Choir (series) |
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Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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| more episodes (3) | ||
| 2023 |
Carlos: The Santana Journey |
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| 2021 |
30 for 30 (series) |
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Breakaway (S04E15) |
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Make Him Known |
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Reopening Night |
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We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (series) |
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Any Darn Day (E04) |
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Like Son, Like Father (E03) |
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My Brother’s Keeper (E02) |
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Welcome to the Saints Young Man (E01) |
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| 2018 |
The Sentence |
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Cinematographer
| Documentaries | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
Choir (series) |
|
Episode 6 (E06) |
||
Episode 5 (E05) |
||
Episode 4 (E04) |
||
| more episodes (3) | ||
| 2023 |
Carlos: The Santana Journey |
|
| 2021 |
Make Him Known |
|
Reopening Night |
||
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (series) |
||
| 2017 |
Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story |
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| 2015 |
Buried Above Ground |
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| 2014 |
The Last Patrol |
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| 2013 |
Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You |
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