Rodakiewicz made the 1931 experimental documentary
Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements. It structures visual elements such as smoke, water, and plants into an abstract montage. He considered adding a soundtrack but decided against it, feeling it would be redundant to the montage. The Amateur Cinema League named it one of the ten best films of 1932, calling it "beautiful, exciting, workmanlike and distinguished." Rodakiewicz worked on
Paul Strand's 1936 film
Redes and
Ralph Steiner's 1939 film
The City. ==Personal life==