Biography
Brooklyn-based filmmaker Rudy Valdez started his career as a camera operator on the series Brick City (2009-2011), and has worked as a cinematographer for directors and producers such as Sebastian Junger, Whoopi Goldberg, Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard. Ten years in the making, his directorial debut The Sentence premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.
Locarno 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 |
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| 2021 |
Make Him Known |
|
Reopening Night |
||
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (series) |
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| 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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