Phillip Rodriguez

Phillip Rodriguez is a veteran award-winning documentary filmmaker and content provider for PBS. His last four films for public television have been broadcast in prime time to wide acclaim. In 2002, Rodriguez founded City Projects LLC, a production company whose films and educational programs challenge ideas about race and diversity in America. His documentary films bring to light the complexities of Latino culture, history, and identity at a time when our nation's demographics reflect unprecedented growth in the Latino community and the concomitant demand for relevant storytelling. Rodriguez's documentaries include: Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle, RACE 2012, Latinos '08, Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream, Los Angeles Now, Mixed Feelings: San Diego/Tijuana, Manuel Ocampo: God is My Copilot, and Pancho Villa & Other Stories. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Rodriguez has an MA in Latin American Studies and an MFA in Film and Television from UCLA. Currently, he is Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

San Francisco Latino Film Festival