Rising from Alfonso Cuarón‘s personal assistant on Children of Men to being the Oscar-nominated producer of Roma — the first Latin American woman ever nominated in the best picture category at the Academy Awards — Gabriela Rodríguez has become a powerhouse in international film and TV. The Venezuelan-born, London-based producer got her foot in the door as an intern at Cuarón’s production shingle Esperanto Filmoj, and now runs the company.
Most recently, she oversaw the production of the high-end series Disclaimer —starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville and Sacha Baron Cohen —for AppleTV+, helping bring Cuarón’s notorious perfectionism — Rodriguez still remembers having to source sixteen versions of dog feces for Roma —to the small screen. Picked as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2024 Most Powerful Women in International TV, Rodríguez took time to share her journey to the top and to give advise to young women entering
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