d.b. Roderick

d.b. Roderick is the Head of IIL Media and a Senior Producer/Director with an extensive career in television and film. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts and North Carolina Central University, he also studied music at the New England Conservatory of Music. His work as a producer, writer, and director spans major networks, including NBC, MSNBC, CBS News, and PBS Children’s Television Workshop. An Artist in Residence at Emerson College’s Cinema Studies Division, he has lectured at Harvard Medical School, Brandeis University, Boston College, and Boston University. His screenplay No Olvidado has earned 34 international awards, including honors from ISA, the Barcelona Independent Film Festival, and the London Global Film Awards. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Roderick is also a descendant of Sgt. William Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African American awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.