Phillip Rodriguez

Phillip Rodriguez is an American documentary filmmaker and veteran content provider for PBS.

In 2002, Rodriguez founded City Projects, a production company whose films and educational programs challenge ideas about race and diversity in America. Rodriguez' 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.

''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''.

''Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle'' won Best Documentary at the 2014 San Antonio CineFestival and 2014 Denver XicanIndie Festival. ''RACE 2012: A Conversation About Race and Politics in America'' was awarded a 2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award in the Best Televised News Division – Informational/Current Issue category. ''Latinos ’08'' received a 2009 CINE Golden Eagle Award for Best News Analysis. ''Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream'' was awarded the 2008 Imagen Award for Best TV Documentary.

A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Rodriguez has an M.A. in Latin American Studies (Honors) and an M.F.A. in Film and Television from UCLA. He also studied Art History and Spanish Literature at Universidad Cumplutense de Madrid. He is a former Senior Research Fellow for The Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Justice & Journalism at USC. In 2006, Rodriguez received the first annual USA Broad Fellow Award. This annual award, made by United States Artists (USA), honors the country's finest living artists. Currently, he is Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Not limited to film, Rodriguez wrote the story and title song for the Grammy-nominated "Papa's Dream" by Los Lobos. He also founded, published, and edited ''Avance'', a national Latino magazine of arts and culture as well as ''Esencia'', a San Francisco Latino magazine of arts and culture.

The Washington Post has referred to Rodriguez’ work as “higher truth-telling,” The San Diego Tribune calls his work “masterful,” and The New York Times "thoughtful." Provided by Wikipedia