JOSÉ RODRIGUEZ, Director of Documentary Programs, Tribecca Film Institute, USA

José F. Rodriguez is the Director of Documentary Programs at Tribeca Film Institute, where he oversees the growth and funding for all of the documentary programs and leads documentary workshops in the US as well as throughout Latin America. A native of Puerto Rico, he grew up with a passion for movies that led him to New York City, where he became a script/book reader for a production company and worked on commercials, short films and features. His documentary short “Adolescencia” (2017) screened at film festivals in the United States (Camden Film Festival 2017, New Orleans Film Festival 2017, DOC NYC 2017) and abroad (DOK Leipzig 2017) - and his latest short film, “Mama,mama” (2018), is currently initiating its festival circuit.