EDGAR IVÁN RODRÍGUEZ QUIROZ
Director | Screenwriter | Executive Producer | Photographer | AD | AP | Actor | Stand-in
E-mail: elaguilafilmsproduction@gmail.com
IMDB: http://www.imdb.me/EdgarElAguila

Director’s Biography
Edgar Iván Rodríguez Quiroz (Poza Rica, Veracruz, March 10, 1980) is a filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, photographer, actor, and visual artist from Poza Rica, Veracruz. He is the founder of El Águila Films, his production company established in 2010.

Filmography:
Director and Director of Photography (DoP) of Leyendas de mi Tierra, his latest feature film project completed in 2025, an indie epic fiction and war drama about a Mexican Revolution hero. Short film director of: Reminiscence (Experimental), Café Express-O (Fiction), La Catrina (Documentary), and El Proyecto XCDOK 1970 (MicroDoc).

He began his career as a videographer at the age of 12, working in photography studios. Between 2004 and 2010, he worked in print and television media.

From an early age, he showed interest in cinema. At just seven years old, he conceived the project XCDOK as a survival story inspired by Alive (the Andes survivors), which motivated him to become a self-taught filmmaker. In 1998, he worked in a cinema, using it as a natural and autodidactic training ground, learning from direct experience of films on the big screen with all their sensory power as a spectator-analyst. By recommending films to clients, he learned what worked and what didn’t with different audiences. Without formal classrooms, his local cinema was his school, much like the video rental store was for Tarantino.

He has completed exhibitions, professional studies, workshops, and diploma courses in Artistic Project Management, Audience Development, Directing, Executive Production, and Film Distribution through the National Network of Audiovisual Poles of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), the Ibero-American Center for Photography and Film Studies (CIBEF), and Churubusco Studios. In 2016, he completed a directing and production workshop at the New York Film Academy, taught by Jonathan Whittaker (Sony Pictures Director) in Puebla. He also completed an Assistant Director workshop at the Latin American Training Center, an online specialization course in assistant directing at FORMA, Spain, and a Camera Assistant Seminar (1AC/2AC) in Cinematography.

20 years of experience in fiction and documentary projects, on platforms such as FILMIN LATINO, MOWIES, and FILMFREEWAY.

FILMOGRAPHY – Creative & Leadership Roles (Director, DoP, Screenwriter, Photographer, Executive Producer)

• 2026 Píxawa: The Dream of the Eagle – Animation
• 2025 Leyendas de mi Tierra – Feature Film
• El Proyecto XCDOK 1970 – Micro Documentary
• 2024 NININ – Documentary, 15 min.
• 2022 Teu Olhar – Music Video by Sirlei Barto (singer), 4 min.
• 2020 Te Abrazo con el Corazón – COVID Spot
• 2020 The Sekker – Cineminute, 1 min.
• 2019 Loop it All – Cineminute, 1 min.
• 2018 La Catrina – Bio Documentary, 13 min.
• 2018 Juchitán Oaxaca: Después del Terremoto – Micro Documentary
• 2017 Café ExpressO – 8 min.
• 2013 Reminiscence – Short Film, 16 min.
• 2012 Mimbara (Back to the Root) – Micro Documentary, 8 min.
• 2012 The Ministery – Bio Photo Documentary, 10 min.
• 2009 Patty Frank: Cancer Woman Fighter – Short Documentary, 15 min.
• 2009 The Feast of the Dead (Fieles Costumbres) – Short Film, 6 min.
• 2007 12 Fingers – Short Film, 1 min.

Awards & Recognitions:
• Best Short Film – Reminiscence, Poza Rica, 2013
• Nominated – Student World Impact Film Festival, 2022
• Best Characterization – La Catrina, FICCMA International Film Festival, 2020
• Official Selection – Reminiscence, Café ExpressO, La Catrina, LIFTOFF GN, 2022
• "Teu Ohar - Sirlei Barto" Best International Music Video – Antigua International Film Festival (FACA 2023)
• XCDOK – Featured in multiple festivals, 2024

Platforms / Distribution:
FILMIN LATINO, MOWIES, FILMFREEWAY

Series & Movies – As Actor / Extra / Stand-in:
• 2024 – Cada Minuto Cuenta (1985 Earthquake) (VIX+)
• 2024 – Sin Querer Queriendo (biographical series about Chespirito, VIX+)
• 2024 – El Juicio (VIX+, Eugenio Derbez)
• 2024 – El Dentista (VIX+, Demian Bichir)
• 2024 – Hermanas Guerra (VIX+)
• 2024 – Colisión (VIX+)
• 2024 – ESDLC (VIX+) Temporada 9 - Cap. 2
• 2024 – Ojitos de Huevo (VIX+)
• 2024 – Esta Libre (VIX+)
• 2024 – Requisimos por Cierto (VIX+)
• 2024 – Lost Girl (VIX+)
• 2023 – El Rey (HBO, Vicente Fernández)
• 2023 – Ellas soy yo (Prime Video, Gloria Trevi)
• 2017 – Girasol (Netflix, Diego Luna)
• 2016 – Documentary Tempestad, Dir. Tatiana Huezo (Mexico at 2017 Oscars)

Commercials:
• 2023 – Red Migrante
• 2021 – Walmart