Rudy Valdez
Directing · Director · Director of Photography · Cinematography
Active 2009–present
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.
Filmography
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 (2025) — DirectorExodus (2025) — Executive ProducerBig Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024 (2025) — Director · Producer · CinematographyThe Body Politic (2024) — Executive ProducerChoir (2024) — Director · Executive ProducerCarlos (2023) — Director · Producer · AuthorTranslators (2023) — DirectorWe Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021) — Executive Producer · Director · CinematographyBreakaway (2021) — Director · Director of PhotographyReopening Night (2021) — Director · CinematographyThrough Our Eyes (2021) — DirectorMake Him Known (2021) — DirectorThe Sentence (2018) — DirectorBuried Above Ground (2015) — Director of Photography30 for 30 (2009) — Director · Director of Photography