Robert Rodriguez
64 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jun 20, 1968 (age 58)
- 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).
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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.
Known for
Robert Rodriguez: movies and TV shows
Acting (16)
- 2021 The Book of Boba Fett · TV
as Dokk Strassi (voice) / Mayor Mok Shaiz (voice) / Mayor Mok Shaiz / Dokk Strassi (voice) · 4 episodes
- 2018
- 2015
- 2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Sam's Friend (uncredited)
- 2013 Amelia's 25th
as Emilio Cruz
- 2010 The United Monster Talent Agency
as Jaws Scientist
- 2007 Grindhouse
as Extra (segment "Planet Terror") (uncredited)
- 2007 Planet Terror
as One of Abby's Henchmen (uncredited)
- 2006 High Hopes
as Mr. Lewis
- 2005 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
as Shark (voice) (uncredited)
- 2002
- 2000
- 2000 Bullfighter
as Bullboy #1
- 2000 Lisa Picard Is Famous
as Punk #2
- 1996
- 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn
as Band Member (uncredited)
Behind the camera (70)
- Upcoming 100 Years
Director, Editor
- Upcoming Machete Kills Again... in Space
Director, Writer
- Upcoming The Faculty
Producer
- Upcoming Blood
Producer
- Upcoming Fire and Ice
Director, Producer, Editor
- Upcoming Untitled We Can Be Heroes Sequel
Writer, Director
- Upcoming The Naughty List
Director, Writer, Producer
- Upcoming Incógnito
Director, Producer
- Upcoming
- 2023 Thanksgiving
Thanks
- 2023 Spy Kids: Armageddon
Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
- 2023 Hypnotic
Director of Photography, Story, Editor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2021
- 2021 Hood River
Executive Producer
- 2021
- 2020 We Can Be Heroes
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
- 2020 Cirque du Soleil: R.U.N
Writer
- 2019
- 2019 UglyDolls
Producer, Story
- 2019 Red 11
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Production Design, Sound Designer, Special Effects, Camera Operator, Gaffer
- 2019 Alita: Battle Angel
Director, Producer
- 2018
- 2014 21 Years: Richard Linklater
Thanks
- 2014
- 2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
Executive Producer
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Bullet
Producer
- 2013 Machete Kills
Director, Story, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2013 Two Scoops
Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Music, Cinematography
- 2012 Django Unchained
Thanks
- 2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- 2011 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Original Music Composer
- 2010 Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Executive Producer
- 2010 Machete
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
- 2010 Predators
Producer
- 2009 Shorts
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- 2007
- 2007 Death Proof
Producer
- 2007 Grindhouse
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
- 2007 Planet Terror
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Sound Mix Technician, Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music Producer
- 2005 Curandero
Screenplay, Executive Producer
- 2005 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor, Camera Operator, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Original Music Composer, Director
- 2005 Confessions of a Pit Fighter
Executive Producer
- 2005 Sin City
Director, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor, Camera Operator, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Writer
- 2004 Del Castillo
Cinematography, Editor
- 2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Original Music Composer
- 2004 How to Make Cool Home Movies
Director
- 2004 Inside Troublemaker Studios
Director, Editor
- 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Thanks
- 2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Original Music Composer, Producer, Production Design, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor, Director of Photography
- 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Editor, Production Design, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor
- 2001 El cuerno del diablo
Production Design
- 2001 Spy Kids
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Original Music Composer, Camera Operator, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2000 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Executive Producer, Story
- 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Executive Producer
- 1998 The Faculty
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator
- 1997 Mimic
Second Unit Director
- 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn
Director, Executive Producer, Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Steadicam Operator
- 1995 Four Rooms
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1995 Desperado
Director, Producer, Steadicam Operator, Editor, Writer
- 1994 Roadracers
Director, Editor, Writer
- 1994
- 1993 El Mariachi
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Sound Editor, Special Effects, Camera Operator, Still Photographer, Music Editor, Additional Editing
- 1991 Pretty Good Man
Director, Camera Operator, Animation
- 1991 Bedhead
Director, Screenplay, Story, Original Music Composer, Editor, Sound Effects, Director of Photography
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 Directors on Directors
1 episode
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019 The Chef Show
1 episode
- 2017
- 2016 Ride with Norman Reedus
1 episode
- 2015
- 2015
- 2013 Uncle Grandpa
1 episode
- 2013
- 2012
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 Scream Awards
1 episode
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Best Week Ever
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 1998
- 1995 Lo + plus
1 episode