Rodrigo Michelangeli is a Canadian-Venezuelan filmmaker based in Toronto. He is the co-writer, cinematographer and producer of the feature film LA SOLEDAD (Jorge Thielen Armand, 2016), which premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and helmed the same roles in his sophomore feature LA FORTALEZA (2020) which premiered in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam.
Rodrigo obtained a BFA in Film Production from Toronto’s York University. As a Cinematographer he has worked in several projects including the hybrid documentary ‘Leftover,’ which won the 2014 Toronto Film Critics Association Award; Rodrigo also produced Mo Scarpelli's third feature film "El Father Plays Himself" which premiered in Visions du Réel 2020 and won its Jury Special Mention.
He’s an alumni of RIDM's Talent Lab, Hot Docs Accelerators Program, Venice Biennale College, BAL and the Berlinale Talents Camera Studio.
He founded La Faena Films with Jorge Thielen Armand.
