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Robert Rodriguez

Born Jun 20, 1968 · 58 years109 titles 87 movies · 22 TV
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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). 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.

Also known as

Robert Anthony Rodriguez · Robert Anthony Rodríguez

Born

Jun 20, 1968

San Antonio, Texas, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

52

Acting credits

44

Directing

32

Writing

61

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1991 2 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1995 3 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2000 4 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 6 title(s)

2005 5 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 5 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 4 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 5 title(s)

2014 9 title(s)

2015 4 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2019 6 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2021 6 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

Undated 8 title(s)