Rodney Llaverías is a Dominican-American filmmaker with a graduate degree in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University. His shorts have screened at Rotterdam, San Sebastián, Locarno, New Orleans Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival, Outfest, and the Guadalajara International Film Festival. He is also a Berlinale Talents alumn and a 2022 recipient of the Newfest New Voices Filmmaker grant in partnership with Netflix in support of emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers.