David Rodriguez, a producer and director for shows like “The Chi,” “Animal Kingdom” and “Chicago P.D.,” died on Oct. 29, Variety has confirmed. He was 50.
In addition to his work in television, Rodriguez wrote, produced and directed several films, including “Push,” “American Bully” and “Once Upon a Time in Queens.”
Born on Aug. 18, 1970, Rodriguez was the youngest of four children and was raised in the South Bronx and Long Island areas of New York City. He attended the New York Military Academy and soon enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, following a long tradition of military service in his family. Rodriguez spent a short time as a corrections and law enforcement officer in South Florida before entering the entertainment business in 2003.
After writing, producing and directing several short films, Rodriguez’s first feature was 2006’s “Push” starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. “American Bully” followed in 2009 and he produced the...
In addition to his work in television, Rodriguez wrote, produced and directed several films, including “Push,” “American Bully” and “Once Upon a Time in Queens.”
Born on Aug. 18, 1970, Rodriguez was the youngest of four children and was raised in the South Bronx and Long Island areas of New York City. He attended the New York Military Academy and soon enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, following a long tradition of military service in his family. Rodriguez spent a short time as a corrections and law enforcement officer in South Florida before entering the entertainment business in 2003.
After writing, producing and directing several short films, Rodriguez’s first feature was 2006’s “Push” starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. “American Bully” followed in 2009 and he produced the...
- 11/1/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Joe Scoleri (Paul Sorvino) was a powerful man back in the day, a Mafia Capo who was feared and respected in the Italian-American neighborhood he rule over. At least until he was busted by the Feds in a big organized crime sting and locked away. After twenty years, "Mr. Joe" is finally getting out on parole, but the world he's coming back to is a far cry from the one he left. And after twenty years in the pen and with a "bum ticker," he's a shell of his former self. Paul Sorvino playing a Mafia boss? Sound familiar? While this story could be imagined as the continuing saga of Sorvino's "Paulie" character from Goodfellas, if he'd made it out of jail alive, this is not a gangster film. It's a post-Mafia film. The Mafia may still exist but it no longer thrives and even if he wanted to, returning...
- 10/30/2013
- by Linc Leifeste
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Never mind 30 minutes or less. For the first time in its history, the HollyShorts Film Festival will open with a feature film. Festival alumni David Rodriguez’s dramedy Last I Heard will have its Los Angeles premiere on Aug. 15 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre. The film stars Paul Sorvino, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rapaport, Renee Props, Andrea Nittoli and Lev Gorn and marks the first onscreen pairing of Mafia movie veterans Sorvino and Palminteri. Photos: THR's Portraits of Berlin Film Festival Stars and Filmmakers The ninth annual HollyShorts festival runs Aug. 15-22 and will feature more than 300
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- 7/16/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s the beginning of what could have been an awkward story. Seated for the world premiere of “Last I Heard” at the Seattle International Film Festival, I chatted with a guy in my row before the lights went down. I had my notebook out, and the pen I stole from work at the ready as a few more people filled out the row. Others occupied the seats around us, and as I started jotting down the few facts I knew about the movie—gangsters, Paul Sorvino, prison, to be honest, I didn’t know much going in—to remind myself of later, it dawned on me, I was sitting next to stars Renee Props and Andrea Navedo, and had been talking to writer/director David Rodriguez. Given my present location, I was going to have to stand up to let the entire group by for their post-screening Q and A.
- 6/13/2013
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
The comedy drama is makes its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival, showing at public screenings on June 8th and 9th. Now, we have the trailer for Last I Heard directed and written by David Rodriguez, which stars Paul Sorvino as a former, powerful mobster who has just been released from federal prison after 20 years due to his ailing health, and now moves back home and attempts to reconnect with former life in this poignant Sopranos-esque character study. Also in the cast of the Kevin Kelly, Michelle Manning and Rodriguez-produced film are Michael Rappaport, Renee Props, Andrea Nittoli and Lev Gorn.
- 6/6/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Acting veteran Paul Sorvino takes center stage in the indie drama "Last I Heard," debuting at the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival. Indiewire has the exclusive trailer ahead of its June 8th premiere. In the film, Sorvino plays Joseph "Mr. Joe" Scoleri, an ex Mafia member struggling to adjust with life in Queens, NY after serving over twenty years in prison. Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rapaport and Renee Props all co-star. Watch the trailer below: ...
- 6/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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