B. Rubén Mendoza is a Salvadoran-American cinematographer from Los Angeles. Most recently he photographed the feature films Puddysticks, starring Mamoudou Athie and Dan Bakkedahl, and We Burn Like This. He received his MFA from USC film school and was recently selected as a mentee in the ASC Vision Mentorship Program under Xavier Grobet, ASC. He enjoys producing imagery that evokes feeling and makes space for empathy.