Rodrigo García (director)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Barcha.

Rodrigo García
File:Rodrigo García Barcha.jpg
Born	Rodrigo García Barcha (1959-08-24) 24 August 1959 Bogotá, DC, Colombia
Occupation	Director, screenwriter
Years active	2000–present

Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959), more commonly known as Rodrigo García, is a Colombian television and film director, screenwriter and former cinematographer, best known for his films Mother and Child, Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs, Last Days in the Desert and TV series In Treatment.

Life and career

García was born in Bogotá, Colombia, the son of Colombian Nobel-winner writer Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha Pardo. Because of his father, he grew up in the presence of Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Pablo Neruda and Luis Buñuel.

García has directed a variety of independent films, such as the award-winning Nine Lives and Albert Nobbs, and episodes of several HBO series, Six Feet Under, Carnivàle, and Big Love. He produced and developed the HBO series In Treatment.

He worked as a camera operator for Cold Heaven, Reality Bites, A Walk in the Clouds, The Birdcage, Twilight and Great Expectations, and as director of photography for Gia and Poison Ivy.

His film Nine Lives was nominated for the William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie, the other nominated films were Green Street Hooligans, MirrorMask, Up for Grabs and Opie Gets Laid.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Producer	Cinematographer	Notes
1989	Lola				Yes
1991	Danzón				Yes
1992	Mi querido Tom Mix				Yes
1992	The Minister's Wife				Yes
1993	Mi vida loca				Yes
1994	Something Extraordinary				Yes
1995	Four Rooms				Yes
1999	Body Shots				Yes
2000	Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	Yes	Yes
2002	Ten Tiny Love Stories	Yes	Yes
2005	Nine Lives	Yes	Yes
2008	Passengers	Yes
2009	Mother and Child	Yes	Yes
2010	Revolución	Yes
2010	The Pilgrims			Yes		Documentary.
2011	Albert Nobbs	Yes
2014	Jackie & Ryan			Yes
2015	Last Days in the Desert	Yes	Yes
2016	The Sweet Life			Yes

TV Series

Year	Serie	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1999–2007	The Sopranos	Yes			One episode (All Happy Families...).
2001–2005	Six Feet Under	Yes			5 episodes.
2002–2003	Boomtown	Yes			One episode (Monster's Brawl).
2003–2005	Carnivàle	Yes			5 episodes.
2006–2007	Six Degrees	Yes			One episode (Pilot).
2006–2011	Big Love	Yes			One episode (Pilot).
2007	Tell Me You Love Me	Yes			One episode (Episode 4 from Season 1).
2008–2011	In Treatment	Yes	Yes	Yes	21 episodes.
2012	Audrey			Yes
2012	Christine	Yes	Yes	Yes	All episodes (12).
2012	Dakota			Yes
2012	Georgia			Yes
2012	Jan			Yes
2012	Kendra			Yes
2012	Leslie			Yes
2012	Ro			Yes
2012	Rochelle			Yes
2012	Ruth & Erica			Yes
2012	Vanessa & Jan			Yes
2012–2013	Lauren			Yes
2012–2015	Blue	Yes	Yes	Yes	Web series. All episodes (42).
2013	Susanna			Yes
2013–2014	Paloma			Yes
2014	Delirium	Yes			TV pilot
2015	Gone: A Wayward Pines Story			Yes	TV mini-series. Spin-off of Wayward Pines.

TV films

Year	Short film	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Producer	Cinematographer	Notes
1989	El verano de la señora Forbes				Yes
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial				Yes
1998	Gia				Yes
2005	Fathers and Sons	Yes	Yes	Yes

Short films

Year	Short film	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Producer	Cinematographer	Notes
1989	Aram				Yes
2007	Put It in a Book	Yes
2009	Tired of Being Funny	Yes	Yes
2012	Allison			Yes
2012	Celia	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012	Denise			Yes
2012	Gumdrop			Yes
2012	Jennifer			Yes
2012	Mary		Yes	Yes
2012	Serena	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012	Judie & Yolanda			Yes

External links

• Rodrigo García at the Internet Movie Database