Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959) is a Colombian and Mexican

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and film director, screenwriter, author and former cinematographer, best known for his films '' Nine Lives'' (2005), '' Mother and Child'' (2009), '' Albert Nobbs'' (2011), '' Last Days in the Desert'' (2015), as well as his work on the HBO

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'' In Treatment''. He also created, wrote, and directed the award-winning web series ''

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'' (2012–2015), starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award in 2014. In 2021 García released his first memoir, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha.

Life and career

García was born in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest ...

, Colombia, the son of Colombian Nobel-winner writer

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...

and Mercedes Barcha Pardo. Because of his father, he grew up around

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and

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. García has directed a variety of independent films, such as the award-winning '' Nine Lives'' (2005), which was nominated for the

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Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie, and '' Albert Nobbs'' (2011), which screened at several film festivals, as well as episodes of several HBO series, including '' Six Feet Under'', '' Carnivàle'', and ''

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''. He produced and developed the HBO

'' In Treatment''. He worked as a

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for '' Cold Heaven'', ''

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'', '' A Walk in the Clouds'', '' The Birdcage'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and as director of photography for '' Gia'' and '' Poison Ivy''. In 2012, García and

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created WIGS, a web channel part of YouTube Original Channel Initiative that produces scripted drama mainly targeted to female audiences. For WIGS, García created, wrote and directed several web series, notably ''

'', starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award for Best Director – Drama in 2014.

Filmography

Feature films

TV series

TV films

Short films

Books

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Rodrigo 1959 births AFI Conservatory alumni American film directors American television directors Colombian emigrants to the United States Colombian film directors Living people People from Bogotá Writers Guild of America Award winners