Robert Rodriguez Biography (1968?-)

Full name, Robert Anthony Rodriguez; born June 20, 1968 (some sources cite 1969), in San Antonio, TX; son of Cecilio G. (a sales manager) and Rebecca (a nurse) Rodriguez; married Elizabeth Avellan (a producer), January 9, 1990; children: Rocket Valentin, Racer Maximilliano, Rebel Antonio. Addresses:Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills,CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, camera operator, screenwriter
Birth Details: June 20, 1968?; San Antonio, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Intern, Seize the Day, Monterey Home Video, 1986
Director, Austin Stories, Third Coast Film and Video Competition,1990
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, animator, and sound effects,Bedhead (short film), University of Texas at Austin Films, 1991
Director, Pretty Good Man (short film), 1991
Director, producer, cinematographer, still photographer, editor, additional editor, sound and music editor, camera operator, and creator of special effects, El Mariachi, Columbia, 1992
Director, producer, editor, and steadicam operator, Desperado, Columbia, 1995
Segment director and editor, "The Misbehavers," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
Director, executive producer, editor, camera operator, sound rerecordingmixer, and steadicam operator, From Dusk 'til Dawn, Miramax/DimensionFilms, 1995
Second unit director, Mimic, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1997
(Uncredited) Director of stab scene, Scream 2, 1997
Song producer ("After Dark") Commandments, Gramercy/Universal, 1997
Director, editor, camera operator, mechanical department: XFX, Inc., sound rerecording mixer, and (uncredited) producer, The Faculty, Miramax,1998
Director, 10 More Minutes ... Anatomy of a Shootout (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar, 1998
Director, 10 Minute Film School (documentary short film), ColumbiaTriStar, 1998
Executive producer, From Dusk 'til Dawn II: Texas Blood Money, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
Executive producer, From Dusk 'til Dawn: The Hangman's Daughter, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
Director, producer, editor, camera operator, visual effects supervisor, and sound rerecording mixer, Spy Kids, Miramax, 2001
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, production designer, visualeffects supervisor, and sound effects editor, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Miramax, 2002
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, production designer, and visual effects supervisor, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Miramax, 2003
Editor, Film Is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriguez (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, camera operator, productiondesigner, and visual effects supervisor, Once upon a Time in Mexico, Dimension Films, 2003
Director, producer, and editor, The Ten Minute Flick School: Fast, Cheap and in Control (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Director, producer, and editor, Ten Minute Cooking School: Puerco Pibil (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Entertainment, 2004
Director and editor, Inside Troublemaker Studios (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Film Appearances
Trackdown, United Artists, 1975
Counter man, Invasion U.S.A., Cannon, 1985
Full Tilt Boogie (documentary), Miramax, 1997
Pleasant Dreams, 1997
Narrator, 10 More Minutes ... Anatomy of a Shootout (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar, 1998
Narrator, 10 Minute Film School (documentary short film), ColumbiaTriStar, 1998
Bull boy, Bullfighter, Phaedra Cinema, 1999
Punk #2, Famous (also known as Lisa Picard Is Famous), 2000
Robert Jimenez, Delayed, 2002
Himself, Film Is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriquez (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003

Himself, El Mariachi: 10 Years Later (documentary), 2003
Himself, Ten Minute Flick School: Fast, Cheap and in Control (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Himself, Ten Minute Cooking School: Puerco Pibil (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Himself, Inside Troublemaker Studios (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Himself, The Good, the Bad & the Bloody: Inside KNB EFX (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Himself, The Anti-Hero's Journey (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
Television Work
Movies
Director and editor, Roadracers (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994
Post-production supervisor, The Outsider, Showtime, 2002
Television Appearances
Movies
First cop, The Take, USA Network, 1990
Specials
Interviewee, Anatomy of Horror, UPN, 1995
Masters of Fantasy: John Carpenter, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998
Himself, Hollywood Goes to Hell, 2000
Pilots
Chicago SWAT Lieutenant, Deadline, NBC, 2000
Episodic
Juan Cabrini, CityKids, ABC, 1992
Late Night with David Letterman, 1993
Manny Perez, "The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer," New York Undercover, Fox, 1994
Marco Vargas, "Bombshell," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1997
Himself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
Himself, Breakfast, BBC, 2002
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Bedhead (short film), University of Texas at Austin Films, 1991
El Mariachi, Columbia, 1992
Desperado, Columbia, 1995
"The Misbehavers," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
The Faculty, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1998
(Story only) From Dusk 'til Dawn: The Hangman's Daughter, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
Predator 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
Spy Kids, Miramax, 2001
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Miramax, 2002
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Miramax, 2003
Once upon a Time in Mexico, Miramax, 2003
Film Scores
Bedhead (short film), University of Texas at Austin Films, 1991
Spy Kids, Miramax, 2001
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Miramax, 2002
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Miramax, 2003
Once upon a Time in Mexico, Miramax, 2003
The Good, the Bad & the Bloody: Inside KNB EFX (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
The Anti-Hero's Journey (documentary short film), Dimension Films,2004
Film Additional Music
Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Miramax, 2004
Television Movies
Roadracers (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994
Nonfiction
Rebel without a Crew: How a Twenty-three Year Old Filmmaker Became a Hollywood Player, Dutton, 1995
Roadracers: The Making of a Degenerate Hot Rod Flick, Faber, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 3, Gale Group, 2003
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, April 27, 2001, p. 120; August 9, 2002, p. 40; April 23, 2004, p. 18
Newsweek, August 12, 2002, p. 62
People Weekly, August 4, 2003, p. 101
Rolling Stone, March 18, 1993, pp. 45-49
Time, March 8, 1993, p. 66; July 28, 2003, p. 60

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