Rodrigo Vazquez
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Rodrigo Vazquez graduated from the National Film & TV School and began working in TV in 1998 for BBC World. As a free-lance producer / director / cameraman he has worked with most of the main international broadcasters, making investigative and observational documentaries. He has extensive experience in operating in war zones and conflict areas, particularly in the Middle East. His work at the frontline received the prestigious Rory Peck Award for Features in 2003 and was nominated again in 2007. Rodrigo's observational films have won numerous commendations, from the “Semaine de la Critique” at the Cannes Film Festival, IDFA and the Grand Prizes at Argentina’s Film Festival of Political Cinema, Montreal’s Human Rights Film Festival and Amnesty International’s Film Festival. In 2005 Rodrigo created Bethnal Films to continue his international work for Al Jazeera Network, BBC, Channel 4, NHK and others. In 2017 Bethnal Films produced its first independent fiction films which received a number of international awards. |