Rodrigo studied film at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) in Mexico City. He is the director, producer and screenwriter of several films. Some of his most prominent short films are Novia Mía (1995), El Ojo en la Nuca (2000), and 30-30 (2010), the latter being part of the feature-length film Revolución, directed by a group of filmmakers. He has also directed the feature-length films La Zona (2007), and Desierto Adentro (2008), receiving a number of awards around the world, including the Leone del Futuro – Premio Venezia Award Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis at the 64 Mostra Internazionale D’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia (Italy, 2007), the International Critic’s Prize (FIPRESCI) at the Toronto International Film Festival (Canada, 2007), the Student Academy Award for Best Foreign Short Film (USA, 2001), and the Mayahuel Award for Best Film at the Guadalajara Film Festival (Mexico, 2008). La Demora (2012) is his most recent work and it premiered at the Berlinale Forum.