Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren was born in Quito, Ecuador. In 2014, he directed the short documentary «The Silence of Time,» which screened at several festivals worldwide. Since 2017, he has been a member of INCUBADORA S.A. «Rotacismo» is his first feature-length documentary, made with funding from Ecuador, Ibermedia, Sundance, and the IDFA Bertha Fund. Ricardo holds a Master’s degree in Filmmaking from the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (San Sebastián Film School), where he developed the short documentary essay «The Endless Crosses» in 2022.