Bernardo Ruiz

BERNARDO RUIZ is a twotime Emmy Awardnominated documentary directorproducer and member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences He has directed and produced four feature documentaries through his production company Quiet Pictures He has also directed and produced a host of nonfiction programming including docuseries for outlets as varied as Disney ESPN HBO VICE and PBS His credits as director include THE INFINITE RACE ESPNs 30 for 30 2020 HARVEST SEASON Independent Lens 2018 KINGDOM OF SHADOWS PARTICIPANT MEDIA POV 2016 and REPORTERO POV 2013 On the television side Ruiz wrote directed and produced ROBERTO CLEMENTE American Experience 2008 which was awarded the NCLR now UnidosUS Alma Award for Outstanding Made for Television Documentary He also created directed and executive produced the two part bilingual PBS series THE GRADUATESLOS GRADUADOS Independent Lens 2013 Edutopia called it a winner that should be seen by as many students teachers and parents as possible Most recently he wrote directed and produced the 2020 election special LATINO VOTE DISPATCHES FROM THE BATTLEGROUND Ruiz frequently serves as a mentor to emerging makers and has recently worked with Firelight Media DCTV and the the Future of Science Fellowship to support new documentary makers In the fall of 2015 Ruiz was a filmmakerinresidence at the Investigative Reporting Program IRP at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Previously he served on the board of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers NALIP He currently serves on the advisory board of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival