Karen Rodriguez is an Ithaca, NY-based filmmaker and cinematographer. She founded WIND-UP PICTURES in 2018 and served from 2013 to 2018 as one of the primary filmmakers for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the world’s leading center for research on birds and their habitats where she shot and produced short-form documentaries.

She was a cinematographer on the recent film DECIDING VOTE by Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. She is also the director of photography of the feature documentary ELIZABETH BISHOP AND THE ART OF LOSING directed by John D. Scott. She has designed live streams for productions at THE CHERRY Theatre in Ithaca, NY: AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON’T by Iva Brda, THE WETSUITMAN by Freek Mariën, and E-MOTION by Saviana Stănescu and Daniel Gwirtzman.