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Rudy Valdez
Director, Producer, Additional Credits
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.
Rudy Valdez Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Eurovision Choir of the Year (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Through Our Eyes (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (TV Series) |
| 2018 | |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Exodus · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Eurovision Choir of the Year (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Buried Above Ground · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |