12 Facts About Rodrigo Prieto

Rodrigo Prieto has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, among other prominent directors.

Rodrigo Prieto is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers.

Rodrigo Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los Angeles, where Rodrigo Prieto's father would spend most of his childhood.

Rodrigo Prieto's father studied aeronautical engineering at New York University, where he met and married Rodrigo Prieto's mother, an artist.

Rodrigo Prieto graduated from Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica in Mexico City.

Rodrigo Prieto is noted for his unconventional use of the camera often combined with strong moody lighting.

In 25th Hour, Rodrigo Prieto utilized overexposure and other techniques to create original dream-like images to signify that the events shown on screen are memories or visions.

Rodrigo Prieto is interested in evoking naturalism, most evident in The Homesman and Brokeback Mountain.

Rodrigo Prieto has formed an artistic collaboration with Martin Scorsese on his films The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman, and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Rodrigo Prieto garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography for the latter three.

Rodrigo Prieto is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking, awarded by the Vilcek Foundation.

In October 2023, Rodrigo Prieto served as a juror at the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacan, Mexico.