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Rodrigo García Márquez

Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959) is a Colombian and Mexican television and film director, screenwriter, author and former cinematographer, best known for his films Nine Lives (2005), Mother and Child (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Last Days in the Desert (2015), as well as his work on the HBO drama series In Treatment. He also created, wrote, and directed the award-winning web series Blue (2012–2015), starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award in 2014. In 2021 García released his first memoir, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha.

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Rodrigo García Márquez

Rodrigo García Barcha, director de la película "Mother Child", recibe el Premio Guadalajara en el marco de las actividades del Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara en su edición 25. 17 de Marzo, 2010. Guadalajara, México. © Cortesía FICG25 / Gonzalo García Ramírez.

Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara · originally posted to Flickr as Gala de beneficencia, _Mother Child_ de Rodrigo García_17.03.10_GGR_029 · CC BY 2.0

Name
Rodrigo García
Birth Name
Rodrigo García Barcha
Born
24 August 1959
Birthplace
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Education
Harvard College (BA) AFI Conservatory
Occupation
Director, screenwriter
Spouse
Adriana Sheinbaum
Nationality
Colombia
Honours
Writers Guild of America Award
Languages
Spanish · English

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Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959) is a Colombian and Mexican television and film director, screenwriter, author and former cinematographer, best known for his films Nine Lives (2005), Mother and Child (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Last Days in the Desert (2015), as well as his work on the HBO drama series In Treatment. He also created, wrote, and directed the award-winning web series Blue (2012–2015), starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award in 2014. In 2021 García released his first memoir, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha.

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Rodrigo García Márquez (born 1959) is a Colombian camera operator, cinematographer and director, among other activities. The camera operator was born in Bogotá. Rodrigo García Márquez studied at AFI Conservatory and Harvard University.

Languages used include English and Spanish. The camera operator received Writers Guild of America Award.

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