Anabel Rodríguez Ríos (born 22 March 1977) is a Venezuelan film director and screenwriter. Her feature-length debut and documentary film, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, was Venezuela's submission for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos | |
|---|---|
| Born | Caracas, Venezuela March 22, 1977 |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Education edit
In 1998 Rodríguez Ríos graduated from the School of Social Communication at the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) and later studied filmmaking at the London Film School in Vienna, Austria, as part of a student agreement between the two countries.[1][2]
Career edit
In 2003 she directed the short film Toilet and in 2008 she was one of the directors involved in the anthology film 1, 2 and 3 women.[3] In 2008 Anabel visited for the first time Congo Mirador, a town in the Zulia state located on Lake Maracaibo, and in 2013 she began shooting her production, after a previous project called El Galón, which led her to have her first contact with the town.[1] Her latest short film, El Galón, part of the Why Poverty series, participated in more than fifty festivals..[2]
In 2020, he made his solo debut with the feature-length documentary Once Upon a Time in Venezuela. The documentary was part of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival selection, was Venezuela's submission for the 93rd Academy Awards and was praised by international critics, receiving an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3][4]
Filmography edit
- Toilet (2003) (short film)
- 1, 2 y 3 mujeres (2008) (anthology film)
- El Galón (short film)
- Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020) (feature film)
References edit
- ^ a b Salgado, Diego (28 January 2021). "Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, la ucabista que quiere llevar la crisis de Venezuela a los Oscar". El Ucabista. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Érase una vez en Venezuela, de Anabel Rodríguez Ríos". Institut français de Madrid. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Anabel Rodríguez Ríos". SensaCine México. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Anabel Rodríguez: "Yo y muchos estamos quebrados moralmente por Venezuela"". Agencia EFE. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.