Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (/rɒˈdriːɡɛz/ ro-DREE-ghez; 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 ($5.5 million in 2023 dollars) against a budget of $7,000 ($14,937 in 2023 dollars). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Rodriguez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (32)
Thanksgiving
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Hypnotic
We Can Be Heroes
Alita: Battle Angel
UglyDolls
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Machete Kills
Django Unchained
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Predators
Machete
Shorts
Planet Terror
Grindhouse
Death Proof
Sin City
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The Faculty
Mimic
From Dusk Till Dawn
Four Rooms
Desperado
