Boris rodriguez

BIO

Boris Rodriguez is an internationally acclaimed director. His film BESO NOCTURNO (Night Kiss) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery Section and was later selected for a 2006 retrospective at the MoMA. His film PERFECT also launched at TIFF before boasting a successful run across North America. Boris’ feature debut: EDDIE - THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL screened at prominent festivals in 2012 including Tribeca and Karlovy Vary, as well as Edinburgh and the Leeds International Film Festival where it won the coveted Mélies d’Argent award for Best Feature. EDDIE was also the recipient of the Black Tulip Award from the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam and was nominated for the Narcisse Award at the Neuchâtel Film Festival in Switzerland. On the heels of EDDIE's success, Boris became a grantee of Tribeca Film Institute's All Access Program and went on to become a finalist in NBCUniversal’s prestigious Emerging Directors Program where he is being groomed to direct episodes for their drama series on SyFy and USA. Boris is currently directing True Crime for Discovery and is busily developing his next features, Blood Avocados and Butterflies and COVET.  

Boris is fluent in written and spoken English, French as well as Spanish and holds Canadian, Mexican and EU citizenships.