Rodrigo Prieto
- Born
- 1965 · Mexico City.
- Nationality
- United States · Mexico
- Occupation
- cinematographer · photographer · film director
- Fields
- film production
- Education
- Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
- Honours
- Golden Frog
- Languages
- Spanish · English
In this article
Key facts
• Name — Rodrigo Prieto
• Birth Name — Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh
• Born — 1965 11 23
• Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico
• Alma Mater — Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
• Occupation — Cinematographer
• Years Active — 1988–present
• Organization — Mexican Society of Cinematographers
American Society of Cinematographers
• Spouse — Mónica
• Children — 2
• Illustration — Rodrigo Prieto & Cate Blanchett Energa Camerimage 2024
Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh (born 23 November 1965) is a Mexican cinematographer and film director.
He has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other prominent directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Early life and education
Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, Jorge Prieto Laurens, was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los Angeles, where Prieto's father would spend most of his childhood. Prieto's father studied aeronautical engineering at New York University, where he met and married Prieto's mother, an artist. Rodrigo Prieto graduated from Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.
Career
• Illustration — Prieto at SBIFF in 2024
Prieto is noted for his unconventional use of the camera often combined with strong moody lighting. In 25th Hour, Prieto utilized overexposure and other techniques to create original dream-like images to signify that the events shown on screen are memories or visions. Similarly innovative photography could be spotted in Frida, featuring strong colors and sharp imagery blended with atmospheric yellows and browns, as well as his experimental use of infrared during a battle scene in Alexander. Prieto also is interested in evoking naturalism, most evident in The Homesman and Brokeback Mountain. Prieto not only shot Brokeback Mountain, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, but appeared in a cameo role within the film as a Mexican gigolo whom Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack Twist, meets.
Prieto has formed an artistic collaboration with Martin Scorsese on his films The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman, and Killers of the Flower Moon. He garnered nominations for Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the latter three. He served as cinematographer for the music videos for the three Taylor Swift 2020 singles, "The Man", which references one of his previous films The Wolf of Wall Street, "Cardigan" and "Willow". He went on to work with Swift on her videos for “The Fate of Ophelia” and “Opalite” in 2025 and 2026 respectively.
Prieto is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking, awarded by the Vilcek Foundation.
In October 2023, Prieto served as a juror at the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacán, Mexico.
Personal life
Prieto resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica and they have two daughters.
Television
Documentary series
• Year — Title — Director — Notes
• 2003–2004 — America Undercover — Oliver Stone — Segments Persona Non Grata and Looking for Fidel
• 2017 — The Putin Interviews — Miniseries
TV series
• Year — Title — Director — Notes
• 2015 — What Lives Inside — Robert Stromberg — 1 episode
• 2016 — Vinyl — Martin Scorsese — Episode "Pilot"
Music video
• Year — Title — Artist — Director
• 2012 — "Blue Jeans" — Lana Del Rey — Yoann Lemoine
• 2020 — "The Man" — Taylor Swift
• "Cardigan"
• "Willow"
• 2024 — "Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone)
• 2025 — "The Fate of Ophelia"
• 2026 — "Opalite"
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Los Angeles
Named but not plotted · 1
Mexico City.
Birth place
Licensing
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Feature film
• Year — Title — Director — Notes
• 1996 — All of Them Witches — Daniel Gruener
• Oedipus Mayor — Jorge Alí Triana
• 1998 — Fibra Óptica — Francisco Athié
• Un embrujo — Carlos Carrera
• 2000 — Amores perros — Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Ricky 6 — Peter Filardi
• 2001 — Original Sin — Michael Cristofer
• 2002 — Ten Tiny Love Stories — Rodrigo García
• Frida — Julie Taymor
• 8 Mile — Curtis Hanson
• 25th Hour — Spike Lee
• 2003 — 21 Grams — Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 2004 — Alexander — Oliver Stone
• 2005 — Brokeback Mountain — Ang Lee
• 2006 — Babel — Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 2007 — Lust, Caution — Ang Lee
• 2009 — Broken Embraces — Pedro Almodóvar
• State of Play — Kevin Macdonald
• 2010 — Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps — Oliver Stone
• Biutiful — Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 2011 — Water for Elephants — Francis Lawrence
• We Bought a Zoo — Cameron Crowe
• 2012 — Argo — Ben Affleck
• 2013 — A Study in Gravity — Michael Haussman
• The Wolf of Wall Street — Martin Scorsese
• 2014 — The Homesman — Tommy Lee Jones
• 2016 — Silence — Martin Scorsese
• Passengers — Morten Tyldum
• 2019 — The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
• 2020 — The Glorias — Julie Taymor
• 2023 — Killers of the Flower Moon — Martin Scorsese
• Barbie — Greta Gerwig
• 2024 — Pedro Páramo — Himself — With Nico Aguilar
• TBA — What Happens at Night — Martin Scorsese — Post-production
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
• Year — Title — Category — Result
• 2006 — Brokeback Mountain — Best Cinematography
• 2017 — Silence
• 2020 — The Irishman
• 2024 — Killers of the Flower Moon
BAFTA Awards
• Year — Title — Category — Result
• 2006 — Brokeback Mountain — Best Cinematography
• 2007 — Babel
• 2020 — The Irishman
• 2024 — Killers of the Flower Moon
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
• Year — Title — Category — Result
• 2003 — Frida — Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
• 2006 — Brokeback Mountain
• 2017 — Silence
• 2020 — The Irishman
• 2024 — Killers of the Flower Moon
• 2025 — "Fortnight" — Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Music Video
• 2026 — "The Fate of Ophelia"
Camerimage
• Year — Title — Category — Result
• 2000 — Amores Perros — Golden Frog
• 2004 — Alexander
• Silver Frog
• 2006 — Babel — Main Competition Golden Frog
• 2007 — Lust, Caution
• 2012 — Argo
• "Blue Jeans" — Best Cinematography in a Music Video
• 2016 — Vinyl — Jury Award Best Pilot
• 2020 — The Irishman — Main Competition Golden Frog
• 2024 — "Fortnight" — Best Cinematography in a Music Video
Other awards
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title
! Result
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| 1996
| All of Them Witches
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| Fibra Óptica
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| Best Cinematography
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| San Sebastián International Film Festival
| Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
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| 2001
| Ariel Awards
| Best Cinematography
| Amores perros
|
|-
| 2003
| Chlotrudis Awards
| Best Cinematography
| 21 Grams
|
|-
| 2005
| Circuit Community Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| Boston Society of Film Critics
| Best Cinematography
| Runner-up
|-
| 2005
| Chicago Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| Florida Film Critics Circle
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| International Cinephile Society Awards
| Best Cinematography
| Runner-up Tied
|-
| 2005
| International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| North Texas Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| Online Film & Television Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| Online Film Critics Society Award
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2005
| St. Louis Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2006
| Circuit Community Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2006
| Chicago Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2006
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
| Runner-up Tied
|-
| 2006
| International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2006
| Online Film Critics Society Award
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2006
| St. Louis Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2008
| Independent Spirit Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2007
| Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2007
| International Cinematographers'
Film Festival Manaki Brothers
| Golden Camera 300
|
|-
| 2007
| Venice Film Festival
| Golden Osella Best cinematography
|
|-
| 2009
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
| Best Cinematography
| Broken Embraces
|
|-
| 2010
| Ariel Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2010
| Goya Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2010
| CinEuphoria Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2012
| Tribeca Film Festival
| Jury Award Best Cinematography
| Likeness
|
|-
| 2016
| Circuit Community Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| Chicago Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
| Runner-up
|-
| 2016
| Georgia Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| International Cinephile Society Awards
| Best Cinematography
| Runner-up
|-
| 2016
| International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| National Society of Film Critics
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| Online Film & Television Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2016
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Critics' Choice Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle
| Best Cinematography
| 6th Place
|-
| 2019
| Houston Film Critics Society
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Latino Entertainment Journalists
Association Film Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| North Texas Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Online Film Critics Society Award
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Phoenix Critics Circle
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| San Diego Film Critics Society
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Satellite Awards
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| St. Louis Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2019
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
|
|-
| 2021
| Vilcek Foundation
|
|-
| 2024
| MTV Video Music Awards
| Best Cinematography
| "Fortnight"
|
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Paula Bernstein. 'The Homesman' DP Rodrigo Prieto on Working with Tommy Lee Jones and Reinventing The Western. IndieWire. 2014-10-24.
- 2.Theasc.com. American Cinematographer: Alexander.
- 3.Rodrigo Prieto: Master Cinematographer. Interview Magazine. 2014-11-09.
- 4.Hollywood Reporter. 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Cinematographer Talks Filming Tricks for Buzzy Quaaludes Scenes. 2013-12-27.
- 5.Sharf, Zack. Scorsese, DiCaprio's 'Flower Moon' Eyes March 2020 Start, Tone Still Being Worked Out. IndieWire. 2019-12-02.
- 6.Rosen, Christopher. How Taylor Swift Directed a Music Video During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Vanity Fair. July 31, 2020.
- 7.Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Filmmakers. Vilcek Foundation.
- 8.Rodrigo Prieto. Vilcek Foundation.
- 9.Fuente, Anna Marie de la. 'Totem' by Lila Aviles and 'The Echo' by Tatiana Huezo Triumph at Mexico's Morelia Film Festival. Variety. 2023-10-30.
- 10.Prieto ya filma con Russell Crowe. Vanguardia. January 21, 2008.
- 11.Gubecka, Zanda. Rodrigo Prieto Joins Martin Scorsese's 'What Happens At Night' As Cinematographer. Feature First. 2025-12-20.
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