I've been following the work of Rodrigo Prieto for years now, he was a common factor in so many of great movies that I love, he worked with great directors such as his fellow Mexican Alejandro G. Iñárritu on Amores Perros and 21 grams, Spike Lee on
25th Hour
As of 2024, he has contributed with the cinematography of seven films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Irishman (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and Barbie (2023). Of those, Argo (2012) is a winner in the category.
He has this amazing quote:
"I am not in this for the dream of winning awards, I am here to enjoy the work, and I take pleasure in what I do. Although, of course, if they arrive, we definitively must enjoy them."
he did an amazing job in this movie "Pedro Páramo" despite of it's a very difficult and sophisticated story to transform it into a movie but he did a brilliant job both as a director and as a cinematographer, I'm so pleased and entertained by his work as a movie watcher, and big fan, and happily inspired by his achievement as an aspiring director/dp myself. Hats off, Thank you Mr. Rodrigo and I wish you the best always.