Robert Rodriguez

Also Credited As:

Robert Anthony Rodriguez
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Biography

Mexican-American filmmaker Robert Rodriguez burst upon the independent scene with a miraculous $7000 (shooting cost) action film geared for the Mexican Spanish-language video market. Touted as the cheapest film ever released by a studio, "El Mariachi" (1993) was a galvanizing send-up of Mexican action films, American Westerns and tough anti-hero movies informed by such auteurs as Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah. It told the fast-moving story of …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera, Film & Tape, Editor, Music, Art Department, Sound, Visual Effects & Animation, Other

Born

Robert Anthony Rodriguez on June 20, 1968 in San Antonio, Texas, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Masters of Fantasy: John Carpenter

Interviewee

Full-Tilt Boogie

Himself

Champion

Himself

Scream Awards 2006

Honoree, Actor, Very Special Thanks

Bullfighter

Bull Boy

Lisa Picard Is Famous

Punk No 2

2012 NCLR ALMA Awards

Presenter

Anatomy of Horror

Interviewee

High Hopes

Mr. Lewis

Scream 2007

Himself

Nerveracker

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator, Editor, Lyrics ("Isle of Dreams" ), Lyrics ("Floop's Dream" ), Music, Music ("Isle of Dreams" ), Music ("Floop's Dream" ), Music Producer ("Isle of Dreams" ), Song ("Oye Como Spy" ), Production Designer, Sound Effects Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital Studios )

Desperado

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Steadicam Operator, Editor

Austin Stories

Director

Spy Kids: All The Time in The World

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Music, Music Producer, Visual Effects Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital), Visual Effects Supervisor

Shorts

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Editor, Music, Music Producer, Song ("Spy Ballet" ), Rerecording Mixer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital )

From Dusk Till Dawn

Director, Executive Producer, Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator, Editor, re-recording mixer

Machete

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Source Material (from character ), Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator, Editor, Composer, Music Producer ("Flor De Mal" ), Music Producer ("Seinte Mi Amor" ), Music Supervisor, Song ("Seinte Mi Amor" ), Rerecording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital Studios )

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Director, Producer, Screenplay (current rewrites)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Music, Score Producer, Music Producer ("Heart Drive" ), Song ("Game Over" ), Song ("Heart Drive" ), Theme Music ("Spy Wedding Theme" ), Production Designer, Rerecording Mixer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital Studios )

Roadracers

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Song ("Flying Saucer Baby" )

Sin City

Director, Producer, Screenplay (adaptation ), Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital Studios )

Spy Kids

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Editor, Music, songs ("Oye Come Spy" "Los Robotos" ), re-recording mixer, Visual Effects Supervisor

Machete Kills

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Fire and Ice

Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story By, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer, Song ("Sharkboy & Lavagirl" ), Music Producer ("Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream (Dream, Dream)" ), Music Producer ("Sharkboy & Lavagirl" ), Music Performer, Song ("Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream (Dream, Dream)" ), Rerecording Mixer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Visual Effects Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital Studios )

The Faculty

Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Editor, re-recording mixer

El Mariachi

Director, Producer, Screenplay, From Story, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, still photography, Editor, editing/conforming, sound/music editor, Special Effects

Grindhouse

Director ("Planet Terror" ), Producer, Screenplay ("Planet Terror" ), Director of Photography ("Planet Terror" ), Editor ("Planet Terror" ), Original Music, Rerecording Mixer (Planet Terror )

Heavy Metal (Remake)

Director

Deadpool

Director

Four Rooms

Director ("The Misbehavers" ), Screenplay, Editor ("The Misbehavers" )

Mimic

2nd unit director 2nd Unit

Untitled (Quick Draw/Family Project)

Producer, Screenplay

Predators

Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Executive Producer (Troublemaker Digital)

My Tutor (Remake)

Producer

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Executive Producer, Screenplay

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Executive Producer

Corpus Christi

Producer

Curandero

Screenplay

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Original Music

Hell Ride

Song ("Bride And BB Hug" ), Song ("Elle Gets Her Money" ), Song Performer ("Bride And BB Hug" ), Song Performer ("Elle Gets Her Money" )

Commandments

song producer ("After Dark" )

Hot Fuzz

Song ("Heston Services" ), Song ("Avenging Angel" ), Song Performer ("Heston Services" ), Song Performer ("Avenging Angel" )