Film Awards:
Chicano Hollywood Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Beyond the Moonlight”
2026
Royale Film Festival
Finalist,
“Beyond the Moonlight”
2026
Tampa Bay Screams
Official Selection,
“Beyond the Moonlight”
2026
The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (PHLAFF)
Official Selection,
“Beyond the Moonlight”
2026
Culver City Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Beyond the Moonlight”
2025
Culver City Film Festival
Official Selection,
“You're Irreplaceable, Matty Cat”
2025
The Great Film Club
Official Selection,
“Beyond the Moonlight”
2025
Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival's (PHLAFF)
Official Selection,
“Dumpster Fire”
2025
Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival's (PHLAFF)
Official Selection,
“You're Irreplaceable, Matty Cat”
2025
California International Film Festival
Official Selection,
Winner of Best Animation
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2025
California International Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Dumpster Fire”
2025
Newport Beach Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Matty Cat”
2024
Orlando Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2024
Silicon Beach Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2024
Best Shorts Competition
Official Selection,
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2024
The IndieFEST Film Awards
Official Selection,
Award of Merit: Animation (Peter M. Olsen & Natalie Rodriguez/Extraordinary Pictures LLC)
Award of Merit: Children / Family Programming (Peter M. Olsen & Natalie Rodriguez/Extraordinary Pictures LLC)
Award of Merit: Narration / Voice-Over Talent (Alexandra Almendarez)
Award of Merit: Women Filmmakers (Natalie Rodriguez/Extraordinary Pictures LLC)
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2024
Marina del Rey Film Festival
Official Selection,
Best Animation Film
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2024
The Big Apple Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Matty Cat”
2024
The IndieFEST Film Awards
Official Selection,
Award of Merit: Animation
Award of Merit: Children / Family Programming
Award of Merit: Narration / Voiceover Talent (Alexandra Almendarez)
Award of Merit: Women Filmmakers (Natalie Rodriguez, Extraordinary Pictures)
Award of Merit: Latin / Hispanic Filmmaker (Natalie Rodriguez, Extraordinary Pictures)
“Matty Cat”
2024
California Women's Film Festival
Official Selection & Best Animation,
“Matty Cat”
2023
Best Shorts Competition
Official Selection,
Award of Merit: Children / Family Programming
Award of Recognition: Narration / Voiceover Talent (Alexandra Almendarez)
Award of Merit: Women Filmmakers
“Matty Cat”
2023
Culver City Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Matty Cat”
2023
The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episodes 1.1 - 1.12)”
2023
The Maria del Rey Film Festival
Official Selection & Audience Award - Best Short Animation,
“Young Dario (episode 1.8: Young Dario is a Space Alien)”
2023
LIFE Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episode 1.1: Young Dario is a Nervous Wreck)”
2023
Golden State Film Festival
Official Selection & Audience Award - Best Short Animation,
“Young Dario (episode 1.7: Young Dario Has a Sex Dream)”
2022
Studio City Film Festival
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episode 1.7: Young Dario Has a Sex Dream)”
2022
Shockfest Film Festival
Official Selection & Golden Reel Award Winner,
“Young Dario (episodes 1.1 - 1.12)”
2022
Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival
Semi-Finalist
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episodes 1.1 - 1.12)”
2022
Critics Choice International Film Festival
Finalist - Animated Film
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episodes 1.1 - 1.12)”
2022
Critics Choice International Film Festival
Winner of 'Best Women Filmmaker'
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episodes 1.1 - 1.12)”
2022
Critics Choice International Film Festival
Winner of 'Best Series/TV Pilot/Web Series'
Official Selection,
“Young Dario (episodes 1.1 - 1.12)”
2022
Culver City Film Festival
Winner of 'Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Medium'
Official Selection/Feature Film,
“Howard Original”
2020
Silicon Beach Film Festival
Official Selection/Feature Film,
“Howard Original”
2020
Glendale International Film Festival
Winner of 'Best Film About Women's Empowerment
Nominee for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Female Director
Official Selection/Feature Film,
“The Extraordinary Ordinary”
2019
Awareness Film Festival
Official Selection/Feature Film,
“The Extraordinary Ordinary”
2019
Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival (LADFF)
Winner of 'Best Performance - Maddison Bullock'
Official Selection/Feature Film,
“The Extraordinary Ordinary”
2019
HollyShorts Monthly Screener: December
Official Selection/Short Film,
“The Extraordinary Ordinary: Erica & Alex”
2018
Fabric Studios: ShortsTV x HollyShorts
Official Selection/Short Film,
“The Extraordinary Ordinary: Erica & Alex”
2018
NALIP: Latino Lens
Quarter-Finals/Short Film,
“The Extraordinary Ordinary: Erica & Alex”
2018
Indie Night Film Festival
Official Selection/Short Film,
“The D”
2018
Culver City Film Festival
Official Selection/Short Film,
“Howard Original”
Winner of 'Best Narrative Short'
2017
Oregon Short Film Festival
Quarter-finalist/Short Film,
“Howard Original”
2017
The IndieFEST Awards
Best Woman Director Nominee/Short Film, “The D”
2017
Collective International Film Festival
Best Film Nominee/Short Film,
“Apricots”
2017
Best Shorts Competition
Quarter-Finals/Short Film,
“The D”
2017
Digital Box Office Awards + Screening Series
Quarter-Finals/Short Films,
“Code Red” & “The D”
2017
Fan Boy Film Festival
Semi-Finals/Short Films,
“Apricots” and “The Scars of Our Lives”
2016
Screenwriting/Writing Awards:
Silicon Beach Film Festival
Best Screenplay - Animation,
“Merry Christmas, Matty Cat”
2024
The IndieFEST Film Awards
Official Selection,
Award of Recognition: Script / Writer (Natalie Rodriguez, Extraordinary Pictures)
“Matty Cat”
2024
13Horror
Finalist Feature Screenplay 2024 (Inner Child)
Scriptatation Showcase
Quarter-Finals Feature Screenplay 2023 (Voodoo Child)
Scriptatation Showcase
Semi-Finals & Quarter-Finals 2023 (Black Velvet)
HollyShorts Film Festival
Finalist 2018, (Inner Child)
Stage 32: Comedy Screenplay
Finalist 2018, (The D)
Athena Film Festival
Semi-Finalist 2017, (The Extraordinary Ordinary)
Script Pipeline
Quarter-Finalist 2017 (The Extraordinary Ordinary)
WeekendNotes
Newbie Editor's Choice Award/Article, Classic Coffee
2016
Emerging Screenwriters
Honorable Mention 2015 (The Extraordinary Ordinary)
Table Read My Screenplay - Austin
Semi-Finalist 2015 (Code Red)
Scriptapalooza
Quarter-Finalist 2015 (The Extraordinary Ordinary)
Screencraft - Short Screenplay Contest
Quarter-Finalist 2015 (The Scars of Our Lives)
The Music Bed Contest - Pitch for Short Film
Nominee 2014 (Inner Child)
California State University Media Arts Festival
Short Screenplay - Fourth Place 2012 (Wilson)
Beverly Hills Film Festival
Screenplay Finalist 2012 (Code Red)
California State University Media Arts Festival
Short Screenplay - Third Place 2011 (Code Red)
Hollywood Screenplay Contest
Gold Prize Award 2011 (Code Red)
California Legislature Award
Recognition 2010 (YA Novel)
Editorial & Nonprofit Features:
Funny or Die
Feature/Short Film,
“The D”
2017
Fun Size Horror
Feature/Short Film,
“Little Maniac”
2016
The Los Angeles Music Magazine: Los Angeles Film Spotlight
Feature/Short Film,
“The D”
2016
Fictional Café
Feature/Short Film,
“The Scars of Our Lives” & "Howard Original"
2015 & 2017
Black Elephant’s Issue Two magazine
Feature/Short Film,
“The Scars of Our Lives”
2015