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Rudy Valdez
Rudy Valdez is an Emmy Award-winning Michigan-raised, New York City-based filmmaker committed to creating social, cultural, and political stories through a cinematic and meaningfu…
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Rudy Valdez is an Emmy Award-winning Michigan-raised, New York City-based filmmaker committed to creating social, cultural, and political stories through a cinematic and meaningful lens. The Sentence (HBO), shot and directed by Valdez over the course of a decade, tells the very personal story of his sister’s plight in the criminal justice system while tackling subjects like mandatory minimums and sentencing reform. The Sentence won Valdez the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and the US Documentary Audience Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Valdez’s most recent project, ReOpening Night, is a feature film about The Public Theater’s staging of a beloved New York City institution, Shakespeare in the Park. It premiered on HBO Max in December.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Big Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024
Movie Director
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2025
Exodus
Movie Executive Producer
- 2025
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2024
The Body Politic
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Choir
TV show Director
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2023
Carlos
Movie Director
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2023
Translators
Movie Director
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2021
Reopening Night
Movie Director
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2021
Through Our Eyes
TV show Director
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2021
Breakaway
Movie Director
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2021
Make Him Known
Movie Director
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2021
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
The Sentence
Movie Director
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2015
Buried Above Ground
Movie Director of Photography
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2009
30 for 30
TV show Director
