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Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker 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 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the Mexico Trilogy: Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. He directed From Dusk Till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television adaptation series (2014–2016). Rodriguez co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City and the 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Rodriguez also directed the Spy Kids films, The Faculty, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Planet Terror, Machete, and Alita: Battle Angel. He is the best 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.
Birth Name
Robert Anthony Rodriguez
Born
Thursday, 20 June 1968
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Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Leguizamo Does America | Self | 2023 |
Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett | Self | 2022 |
The Making of Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles | Self | 2021 |
Frank Miller - American Genius | 2021 | |
The Book of Boba Fett | Dokk Strassi / Mayor Mok Shaiz | 2021 |
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo | Self | 2020 |
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian | Self - Director | 2020 |
LA Originals | Self | 2020 |
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini | Himself / Self | 2019 |
The Chef Show | Self | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Spy Kids: Armageddon | 2023 |
Hypnotic | 2023 |
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles | 2021 |
The Book of Boba Fett | 2021 |
We Can Be Heroes | 2020 |
The Mandalorian | 2019 |
Alita: Battle Angel | 2019 |
Hostage 911 | 2018 |
The Limit | 2018 |
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | 2014 |
Matador | 2014 |
The Director's Chair | 2014 |
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | 2014 |
Machete Kills | 2013 |
Two Scoops | 2013 |
Nike: The Black Mamba | 2011 |
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | 2011 |
Machete | 2010 |
Shorts | 2008 |
Grindhouse | 2007 |
Planet Terror | 2007 |
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D | 2005 |
Sin City | 2005 |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | 2003 |
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | 2003 |
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | 2002 |
Spy Kids | 2001 |
The Faculty | 1998 |
From Dusk Till Dawn | 1996 |
Four Rooms | 1995 |
Desperado | 1995 |
Rebel Highway | 1994 |
Roadracers | 1994 |
El Mariachi | 1993 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Spy Kids: Armageddon | 2023 |
Hypnotic | 2023 |
Hood River | 2021 |
The Book of Boba Fett | 2021 |
Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School | 2021 |
We Can Be Heroes | 2020 |
Americanos | 2020 |
El Rey Nation | 2019 |
The Chuey Martinez Show | 2019 |
UglyDolls | 2019 |
Alita: Battle Angel | 2019 |
Spy Kids: Mission Critical | 2018 |
Rebel Without a Crew: The Series | 2018 |
The Limit | 2018 |
Cutting Crew | 2015 |
Lucha Underground | 2014 |
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | 2014 |
Matador | 2014 |
The Director's Chair | 2014 |
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | 2014 |
Machete Kills | 2013 |
Two Scoops | 2013 |
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | 2011 |
Machete | 2010 |
Predators | 2010 |
Shorts | 2008 |
Death Proof | 2007 |
Grindhouse | 2007 |
Planet Terror | 2007 |
Curandero | 2005 |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | 2003 |
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | 2003 |
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | 2002 |
Spy Kids | 2001 |
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | 1999 |
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | 1999 |
The Faculty | 1998 |
From Dusk Till Dawn | 1996 |
Desperado | 1995 |
El Mariachi | 1993 |