Born in Colombia and raised in Mexico City, Rodrigo Garcia is a WGA Award-winning screenwriter, Emmy-nominated director, and Golden Globe-nominated producer who has been a defining voice in television and independent film for over two decades, with notable films including Nine Lives (2005), Mother and Child (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Raymond & Ray (2022), and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), and on acclaimed series such as In Treatment (2008), Big Love (2006), Six Feet Under (2001), The Sopranos (1999), and The Affair (2014). On April 22nd, Netflix will release Garcia’s latest television series Santita (2026), starring Paulina Dávila and Gael García Bernal, on which he directs and executive produces all seven episodes. It tells the story of María José Cano (Dávila), a woman who, after a car accident confines her to a wheelchair, abandons the love of her life (García Bernal) at the altar. Now, almost two decades later, she must face the consequences of her past when he unexpectedly reenters her life. Dubbed "Santita" despite being more sinner than saint, the now doctor María José’s journey is a wickedly irreverent and unconventional love story. The drama is created by Luis Cámara and Gabrielle Galanter and produced by Panorama Entertainment. Garcia is currently in production on FX’s Cry Wolf, starring Academy Award winners Olivia Colman and Brie Larson. Garcia is executive producing the series, created by Sarah Treem (The Affair), and directing four of the eight episodes. Garcia began his filmmaking career after graduating from the American Film Institute (AFI) and then working in cinematography, a role he held for over a decade on films such as Mi Vida Loca (1993), The Bird Cage (1996), Reality Bites (1994), Great Expectations (1998), and Gia (1998). In 1998, he was accepted into the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, where he developed his critically acclaimed directorial debut, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), which went on to win the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the NHK Award at the Sundance Film Festival. His second film, Nine Lives (2005), won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and earned Film Independent Spirit Award nominations for directing and screenwriting. He has continued to build a body of intimate, character-driven work, including films such as Deauville Film Festival winner Mother and Child (2009), San Sebastián Film Festival closing night film Albert Nobbs (2011) which earned Glenn Close and Janet McTeer Academy Award nominations, Last Days in the Desert (2015), Four Good Days (2020) which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, and Raymond & Ray (2022), as well as his recent Spanish-language features for Netflix, Familia (2023) and The Follies (2025), most of which he wrote and directed.