Jorge Rodríguez (director)

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Jorge "Fish" Rodríguez
OccupationMusic video director

Jorge "Fish" Rodríguez is a

Latin Grammy Awards of 2006 for "Atrévete-te-te", co-directed by Gabriel Coss and performed by Calle 13.[1] Rodríguez challenged the types of images seen in mainstream hip-hop videos with "Atrévete-te-te", with René Pérez (Residente), the band's lead singer, not wearing massive gold chains or drinking bottles of champagne, and questioning the current lifestyle of Puerto Ricans who try to emulate the American lifestyle.[1]

Rodríguez relied on tutorials to learn film techniques, and studied sculpture and specialized in image and design.

art direction department of the films The Losers, in 2010, and Fast Five and The Rum Diary in 2011; and the TV Series Off the Map and Eastbound & Down.[2]

In 2010, a documentary co-directed by Richard Santiago and Rodríguez about Puerto Rico boxers was shown at the Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, "these boxers are like Tibetan monks... no drinking, no sex, etc. to prepare for fighting." said Santiago about the documentary.

Rodríguez chronicled in 2011 a trip to Bhutan, one of the most inaccessible countries of the world, for the magazine El Punto Es.[3] Rodríguez did the art direction for the short film La Vida Sexual de los Camarones (The Sexual Life of Shrimp).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f López, Eric (May 7, 2010). "Puerto Rican Filmmakers Preview Boxing Documentary at IPRAC". La Voz del Paseo Boricua. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  2. Internet Movie Database
    . Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  3. ^ Rodríguez, Fish (November 7, 2011). "Te Fuiste en un Viaje: Bután" (in Spanish). El Punto Es. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  4. ^ Trelles, Luis (May 27, 2012). "Sexual Life of Shrimp" (in Spanish). Luis Trelles. Retrieved September 2, 2012.