Oz Rodriguez

Film, Class of 2003

LAFS Alumni Oz Rodriguez

Emmy-winning director Oz Rodriguez has written and directed video shorts since he got his start at Funny or Die. As a creative force in the sketch comedy world, Oz worked his way up to segment director and producer at SNL and has been with the show for nearly a decade. Oz turned his knowledge of SNL into a popular behind-the-scenes nonfiction series called Creating Saturday Night Live.

“My directing style is trying to conduct this orchestra to do their best performance. I want to empower people to do their best. I like to have a lot of collaboration and discussion about what the end goal is.”

Over the years, Oz has worked on more than 50 episodes of SNL and directed the Emmy®-winning show Creating Saturday Night Live, which documents the making of America’s most iconic sketch comedy TV series. In 2019, Oz personally won a Primetime Emmy for Creating SNL.

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Josh Gitersonke

Winners of Creative Arts Emmys Announced!

Congratulations to Oz Rodriguez and Joshua Gitersonke on their Emmy Wins! Round one of the Creative Arts Emmys took place on Saturday, September 14, and two alumni from The Los Angeles Film School went home with the gold statue. The preliminary…