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name: "Nelson Rodríguez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nelson-rodriguez"
fi1m_id: "nelson-rodriguez"
imdb_id: "nm0736041"
tmdb_id: 1265790
wikidata_id: "Q85112931"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "14 November 1938"
died: "12 February 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:41:56.383782+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nelson Rodríguez

## Identity

Nelson Rodríguez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nelson-rodriguez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nelson-rodriguez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0736041
- **TMDB ID:** 1265790
- **Wikidata ID:** Q85112931
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85112931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1265790

Editor. Born 14 November 1938 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Died 12 February 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 14 November 1938, Cienfuegos, Cuba
- **Died:** 12 February 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85112931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1265790

## Biography

Nelson Rodríguez was a Cuban film editor. Born in Cienfuegos in 1938, he joined the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) in 1960, initially working as a production assistant and producer on newsreels and documentaries with Santiago Álvarez before moving into feature editing.

He edited numerous Cuban films of the 1960s and later decades, including *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968) directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and *Lucía* (1968) directed by Humberto Solás, with whom he also collaborated as a co-writer. His work extended to other prominent Cuban directors such as Manuel Octavio Gómez and Sergio Giral, as well as Latin American filmmakers including Miguel Littín and María Novaro.

Rodríguez received the Premio Nacional de Cine de Cuba in 2007. He taught at the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños and died in Coral Gables, Florida, in 2020.

*Sources: es.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, lajiribilla.cu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Amigos y Hermanos* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996* (2008), as Interviewee
- *Machin: Toda una vida* (2002), Editor
- *The Day Silence Died* (1999), Editor
- *¿Y... si fuera cierto?* (1996), series, Editor
- *Le siècle des lumières* (1993), series, Editor
- *Gertrudis* (1992), Editor
- *Confessing to Laura* (1991), Editor
- *Danzón* (1991), Editor
- *Supporting Roles* (1989), Editor
- *Visa U.S.A.* (1986), Editor
- *Habanera* (1984), Editor
- *Beloved* (1982), Editor, Screenplay, Director
- *Cecilia* (1982), Writer
- *The Widow of Montiel* (1979), Editor
- *The Survivors* (1979), Editor
- *Bay of Pigs* (1978), Editor
- *Woman, Man, City* (1978), Editor
- *The Other Francisco* (1977), Editor
- *Destino Manifiesto* (1977), Editor
- *Cantata de Chile* (1976), Editor
- *The Last Supper* (1976), Editor
- *One Day in November* (1976), Writer, Editor
- *Ustedes tienen la palabra* (1973), Writer
- *The Promised Land* (1973), Editor
- *A Cuban Fight Against Demons* (1972), Editor
- *Un retablo para Romeo y Julieta* (1971), Editor
- *The First Charge of the Machete* (1969), Editor
- *Lucía* (1968), Writer, Editor, ADR Editor
- *Memories of Underdevelopment* (1968), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-underdevelopment.md)
- *El huésped* (1967), Editor
- *Un día en el solar* (1965), Editor
- *We, the Music* (1964), Editor
- *Transit* (1964), Editor
- *Elena* (1964), Editor
- *Ampárame*, Editor

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