Robert Rodriguez
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 20, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biography
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) 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
Machete Kills Again... in Space
Movie · Director
Fire and Ice
Movie · Director
Untitled We Can Be Heroes Sequel
Movie · Director
The Naughty List
Movie · Director
Incógnito
Movie · Director
100 Years
Movie · Director
Hypnotic
Movie · Director
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Movie · Director
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
Movie · Director
The Book of Boba Fett
TV · Director · 3 eps
We Can Be Heroes
Movie · Director
Alita: Battle Angel
Movie · Director
Red 11
Movie · Director
The Mandalorian
TV · Director · 1 ep
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Movie · Director
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
TV · Director · 7 eps
Matador
TV · Director · 13 eps
The Director's Chair
TV · Director · 13 eps
Machete Kills
Movie · Director
Two Scoops
Movie · Director
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Movie · Director
Machete
Movie · Director
Shorts
Movie · Director
Planet Terror
Movie · Director
Grindhouse
Movie · Director
Sin City
Movie · Director
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Movie · Director
Inside Troublemaker Studios
Movie · Director
How to Make Cool Home Movies
Movie · Director
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Movie · Director
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie · Director
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Movie · Director
Spy Kids
Movie · Director
The Faculty
Movie · Director
Mimic
Movie · Second Unit Director
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie · Director
Four Rooms
Movie · Director
Desperado
Movie · Director
Roadracers
Movie · Director
Rebel Highway
TV · Director · 1 ep
El Mariachi
Movie · Director
Bedhead
Movie · Director
Pretty Good Man
Movie · Director