JR RODRIGUEZ

Jr Rodriguez is a first-generation bilingual, bicultural filmmaker, photographer and BIPOC activist. His work focuses on the intersectional relationship between nature and people with projects that empower communities to tell their own stories. He has worked as a director, cinematographer, and photographer domestically and internationally for REI, Ford Bronco, Feeding America, Patagonia, HydroFlask and National Geographic. Rodriguez directed Soñadora, a film for immigrants, women, people of color and all of those who fight to exist in spaces that were not made for them. He also co-directed Internal Peaks and directed Across Together: The Return Expedition, both featured in the 2026 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival.