Felix Rodriguez

Félix Rodríguez is a filmmaker, artist, and archivist who has documented and preserved New York City’s LGBTQ+ Ballroom community since the early 1990s. Trained in writing, directing, and producing, he holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has worked as a camera operator, editor, producer, and director for organizations and networks including Gay Men’s Health Crisis, FX, WNET, Bravo, NBC, and ABC. His contributions to the Ballroom community have earned him the Gay Men’s Health Crisis James Baldwin/Julia De Burgos Award, the 2022 Prime Latino Media Community Service Award, the 2022 Gay City News IMPACT Award, and the 2023 Ballroom We Care Award. Rodríguez has presented his archival LGBTQ+ Ballroom footage internationally, from Pace University in New York City to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, as well as dance studios and cultural institutions across the United States, Russia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For six years, he has organized and hosted the "Learn Your History" Mini Ball at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD). In 2025, his archives were featured in the critically acclaimed exhibition "Legendary Looks: My Ballroom Story" at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.