Robert Rodriguez
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 108
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 20, 1968
- Place of birth
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Anthony Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodríguez
Biography
Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2.6 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels, collectively known as the Mexico Trilogy: Desperado (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).
Rodriguez directed From Dusk till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television series adaptation(2014–2016). He co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City (adapted from the graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. He is also the creator of the Spy Kids franchise, as well as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005), Planet Terror (2007), Machete (2010), We Can Be Heroes (2020), and directed The Faculty (1998) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
Rodriguez is a close friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, of which Rodriguez was a member. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey.
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Filmography
Directing
42 titlesUpcoming
2021
Acting
50 titles
2021
The Book of Boba Fett
Showas Dokk Strassi (voice) · 2 episodes
Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School
Movieas Himself
The Making of Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
Movieas Self
Directors on Directors
Showas Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movieas Self (archive footage)
Production
39 titlesUpcoming
Writing
32 titlesUpcoming
Editing
27 titlesUpcoming
2019
2010
2009
Camera
22 titles
Sound
21 titles
2011
2007
Crew
12 titles
2014
Visual Effects
6 titles2005
Art
4 titles
Creator
4 titles
Lighting
1 titles2019